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n , . The objects of forest planting are to produce timber 



of a special kind, to form windbreaks, to fasten the 

 soil on steep hillsides, or merely to cover bare spots. Wherever 

 there are remnants of natural forest it is better, because cheaper, to 

 develop them than to plant. In this State there is so much forest 

 that windbreaks are not often needed on the prairies it is quite 

 otherwise. Our reason for planting then is usually found in a 

 desire to have trees where none are, or to produce special kinds. 



Choice of When planting is proposed let three rules govern ; 

 Species. i. Choose the kind that has highest local value: 



2. Choose that which is best adapted to soil and climate: 3. Be 

 shy of experiments. In general an evergreen most often one of 

 the pines, will be best, for though the wood is low priced there is 

 an unlimited demand, and the trees grow rapidly in poor soil. 

 Black walnut is valuable only because it is now scarce ; when there 

 was plenty it was used for fence rails. Avoid novelties and the 

 things that are much praised. Catalpa, for instance, is fit for only 

 a few localities in this State and when grown is worth no more 

 than cedar. 



Plantations should be made of quite small trees evergreens not 

 over a foot high, deciduous trees not over three feet high: they 

 cost less than larger ones, are more easily handled and are more apt 

 to thrive. 



References I, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14, 21. 



~. i. Why is forest planting less necessary in New 



Questions. T . o > 



Jersey than in some other States? 



2. In New Jersey what should govern the planting of forests? 



3. What kind of trees are best for forest planting? What are 

 not good? 



4. What distinguishes the two great classes of trees, evergreen 

 and deciduous? 



FIRE 



There can be no forestry where fires are allowed. The first prin- 

 ciple of forestry then is to stop the fires. They can be stopped, 

 and New Jersey is doing it by having in all parts of the State 



