INTRODUCTION. 



The presence of the chestnut bark disease in Massachusetts 

 has led many owners of chestnut timber to wish to dispose of 

 their holdings before they are destroyed. This office is con- 

 stantly in receipt of requests for information as to the market 

 for such timber. It has, therefore, seemed advisable to compile 

 all the data available on the subject. Bulletin 154 of the Con- 

 necticut Agricultural Experiment Station and Bulletin 96 of 

 the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 

 contain much valuable information. This has been brought 

 together and adapted to Massachusetts conditions, with addi- 

 tional data now collected for the first time. The work has been 

 done by John Murdoch Jr., acting as Agent in the Office of 

 Investigations in Forest Pathology, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 under furlough from this office. Acknowledgment is hereby 

 made to the Forest Service and to the State Forester of Con- 

 necticut for the data which they have permitted us to use from 

 their bulletins. Thanks are also due for information concern- 

 ing poles and ties to the following : 



Boston & Albany Railroad. 

 Central Vermont Railway Company. 

 Boston & Maine Railroad Company. 

 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. 

 Bay State Street Railway Company. 

 Berkshire Street Railway Company. 

 Boston Elevated Railway Company. 

 Boston & Worcester Street Railway Company. 

 Massachusetts Northern Railways. 

 Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company. 

 Springfield Street Railway Company. 

 Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company. 

 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 

 And a number of operators whose names it is not considered 

 advisable to print. 



