REFORESTATION IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



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Cost of Seedlings and Transplants per Thousand. 



Freight and charges on imported stock average from $0.50 to $0.75 per thousand. 



REFORESTATION. 



The total area of Massachusetts is about 5,321,787 acres, of 

 which 2,672,950 acres is land adapted only to the growing of 

 trees. Of this area there are about 700,000 acres which at the 

 present time constitute practically worthless tracts, being simply 

 a tax to the owners, who at a very small outlay could bring the 

 land back into a profitable forest growth, as well as adding to 

 the scenic beauty of the section. 



This land lies in tracts varying in size from one to thousands 

 of acres. Practically every farm has a portion which at one 

 time or another has been cut off, burnt over, or allowed to re- 

 lapse into a condition where it is no longer a source of revenue, 

 but a piece of property which brings in no return, though it is 

 still taxable. Lumbermen, mill owners, water-right companies 

 and farmers all have some land which falls under one of the fol- 

 lowing types, and it is this sort of land which fortunately fur- 

 nishes ideal conditions for forest planting. 



Cut-over Land (Fig. 9). 



It can be safely said that every lumberman owns one or more 

 tracts of land which he has cut off, but which has not come back 

 into a growth which will ever be of any great profit to himself 



