38 REPORT OF SPECIAL FORESTRY COMMITTEE 



ing its grant of 20,000 acres provided that the money 

 received from the sale of scattering lands or from the 

 sale of timber, or from, in fact, any source connected 

 with the handling of the said gift, could be used only 

 for reforesting the permanent forest reserve that is, 

 in the up-keep of the nurseries and the cost of plant- 

 ing. At the present time, as has been stated, the 

 nurseries are turning out approximately one million 

 trees per year. This is sufficient to plant about one 

 thousand acres. At a cost of $4.98 per acre, which 

 includes the cost of the seed, cost of raising the 

 plants, and cost of transplanting, this means a total 

 expenditure of about $5,000 a year. The depart- 

 ment now has on hand in this Federal fund over 

 $16,000, sufficient to carry on the work and take care 

 of the out-put from the nurseries for three years, and 

 it is stated that by that time considerably more than 

 this amount will again be in their hands. So, the 

 cost of artificial reforestation in Wisconsin will be 

 borne by the Federal government for many years to 

 come, and as much as a thousand acres a year can 

 be planted, making the only cost of such work to 

 the people of the State their initial investment in 

 acquiring the land and the expense of fire protection. 



Even on the very poorest lands in Connecticut, 

 light sandy soil which has been farmed for genera- 

 tions, both the white and norway pine plantings were 

 doing well. This was true everywhere, even on the 

 very poorest soils, and from their observations the 

 Committee is well satisfied that there is no reason 

 for attempting to plant scotch or western yellow pine 

 any more than for experimentation on the lands in 

 the forest reserve. White and norway pine will 

 grow on any of it. 



In the cut-over territory in the forest reserve 

 quicker and cheaper results can be had by the en- 

 couragement of natural second growth. By the arti- 

 ficial planting under the improved methods of to- 

 day no inconsiderable areas can be replanted with 

 white and norway pine which in the end will be 

 profitable to the people of the State and serve as 



