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the property, while as before reported, the lumber and wood taken 

 out yielded a net profit of $15 an acre. The bulletin "An Ex- 

 ample of Woodlot Forestry," which describes this piece of work 

 in detail, is still available. 



PRODUCTS. 



It would not be difficult to derive a considerable income from 

 any of the reserves if all the timber on them were to be cut. 

 It is deemed expedient, however, to reserve everything that is 

 now there, except such as can be removed in thinnings, until 

 the trees shall be more mature and until a sufficient reproduc- 

 tions is assured. Nothing, of course, can be expected for a num- 

 ber of years from the greater part of the areas as all have been 

 repeatedly cut and burned. On the other hand, there are less 

 than 100 acres of open ground in the whole 13,720 acres and 

 every assurance that natural forests will come with time. The 

 receipts for the year were $495.36, a sum quite insignificant ex- 

 cept that it indicates the Commission's purpose to put the prop- 

 erties on a paying basis as soon as possible. 



TRESPASS. 



Air unlawful use of the reserves has practically ceased. Abso- 

 lute freedom in respect to berry picking and hunting (subject 

 to law) is allowed and sometimes dead wood is given away. 

 Timber, moss and cranberries are, however, considered as prop- 

 erty to which the state has an owner's right. One insignificant 

 infraction of this right on Stokes reserve was the only instance 

 discovered during the year. 



USE OF RESERVES BY STATE DEPENDENTS. 



The State Forester has taken part in several conferences 

 looking to the establishment of colonies or camps from the 

 state charitable and correctional institutions. Contrary to a 

 rather wide-spread belief there is no great opportunity for the 

 employment of labor in forest planting (see p. 22) and com- 

 paratively little in other lines of forestry. There are, however, 



