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20 years ago. The soil which I saw was a light colored 

 loam in which natural reforestration from seed readily 

 occurs. Considerable of the ground is fairly well stocked 

 with Norway and white pine from 15 to 20 years of age, 

 and if left to grow and protected from fire, will in 30 

 years from now and when the trees should be 1 2 inches 

 in diameter breast high, yield on an average 20,00x3 feet 

 board measure to an acre and will be worth, assuming 

 that the stumpage value at that time will be $12 per 

 thousand feet, $240 per acre. This shows how important 

 it is to prevent fire from running over a young growth of 

 pine. Because it has no present market value many 

 thoughtless people suppose it to be valueless. 



FORESTRY IN SOME OF THE OTHER STATES. 



The State of New York has the largest forest reserve of 

 any of the separate States, the area now being a little over 

 1,500,000 acres, principally in the Adirondack Mountains, 

 and of which about half was obtained by purchase at pri- 

 ces ranging from $i to 17.50 per acre. It is the policy of 

 of the State to increase its forest reserve by additional pur- 

 chase, and liberal appropriations are being made for the 

 purpose. The forest Commission of New York has start- 

 ed some nurseries of pine and spruce and has successfully 

 done some planting of pine on cut-over and abandoned 

 farm lands. About half a million young trees were to be 

 planted this year. 



The State of Pennsylvania now owns 750,000 acres of 

 forest reserve acquired by purchase at an average price of 

 about $2 per acre. The State has thus far expended 

 $1,500,000 in the purchase of these lands; and its Depart- 

 ment of Forestry hopes to extend its holdings of forest re- 

 serves to about 6,000,000 acres. The sum of $300,000 a 



