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PROTECTION. 



Naturally every investment is attended with some risk, but in 

 case of forest properties the owner must care for his own property, 

 and to a very large extent his own policy determines its safety. In 

 reforesting there are but four risks to be considered. They are 

 injury from domestic animals, forest fire, insect pests and plant 

 diseases. 



Cattle. There is but little use in attempting reforesting unless 

 the plantation is to be protected. In any case all domestic animals 

 must be excluded after planting. They not only stamp down and 

 injure the small trees but often eat them off, producing stunted or 

 deformed trees. 



Fire. This is the worst enemy of young trees. A plantation, 

 or in fact any forest growth, should always be protected from this 

 danger. 



Insect Pests. They are of but little consequence in connection 

 with the trees considered in this publication except the black locust. 

 The locust is attacked by borers in some parts of this State and is, 

 therefore, only a short-lived tree. In case of any insect troubles 

 correspond with the State Entomologist, Albany, N. Y. 



Plant Diseases. These, except the white pine blistef rust, 

 fortunately are not sufficiently common in this country to be serious- 

 ly considered. The use of imported trees in reforesting should not 

 be considered. They may be, apparently, purchased for a less price, 

 but on account of the many and very serious diseases on forest trees 

 abroad, they should not be used. Their importation into this State 

 is prohibited except after inspection by agents of the Department 

 of Agriculture, Albany, N. Y. 



The white pine blister rust is so serious that imported white pine 

 should not be used under any circumstances. 



The chestnut blight is so virulent that when a tree is affected it 

 is sure to die. There is no known remedy for this disease. The 

 shipment of chestnut trees from eastern States or from eastern 

 New York into other parts of the State is quite likely to carry the 

 disease. Chestnut should not be brought from these localities on 

 this account. 



PRIVATE PLANTING. 



Reforesting has been going on in this State several years, but it 

 is difficult to determine all that has been accomplished. 



Several large land owners have their own nurseries and are re- 

 foresting on a large scale. In 1909 this Department tried to secure 



