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Forest Plantations 



Approximately 1,000 acres of land in the forest 

 reserve which had been cut and burned over before 

 it was acquired by the State and which was not re- 

 stocking naturally, have been replanted with the fol- 

 lowing species, viz: White pi-ne, Norway pine, Nor- 

 way spruce, Scotch pine, and Western yellow pine, 

 the first two species largely predominating. Some 

 1,110,200 trees were used in the planting operations, 

 and it is estimated that at least 85 per cent of all 

 the trees are growing and are in a fine healthy con- 

 dition, and this is more than sufficient to assure a 

 good, heavy stand of timber. The average cost of 

 the plantations, including everything cost of trees, 

 transportation, salaries, wages, etc., has been $4.98 

 per acre. 



Sale of Nursery Stock 



In order to encourage the reforestation of lands 

 from which the timber has been cut and which are 

 not suitable for farming, the policy has been adopted 

 of selling planting material to citizens of the State, 

 at a small cost. During 1914 there were sold to 

 citizens of the State for reforestation in Wisconsin 

 24,000 trees at an average price of $3.50 per thou- 

 sand trees. It is expected that this demand for 

 state nursery stock will increase rapidly. 



Surveying Island and Lake Lots 



Congress granted to Wisconsin as additions to the 

 forest reserves, all unsurveyed islands in inland lakes 

 North of town 33. In this way 637 islands have 

 been added to the forest reserve, and nearly the 

 entire time of one of the forest rangers is taken in 

 surveying these islands and the lake frontages which 

 are being laid off in lake lots. The forest ranger 

 detailed to this work receives $85 a month. 



Locomotive Inspection 



The passage of Chapter 494, Laws 1911, gave 

 Wisconsin one of the strongest and most practical 



