COMMERCIAL FORESTRY 



(2) CHESTNUT GROWTH 

 Can expect about 1 00 good telephone poles 

 or 300 ties with 15 cords of wood, total net 

 approximate value of $100. Investment at end 

 of forty years, same as for sprout hardwood growth, 

 $40. This leaves a net profit of $60 per acre 

 in forty years, or $1.50* a year per acre average. 



(3) SECOND GROWTH WHITE PINE 

 (NATURAL REPRODUCTION) 



From actual measurements, this growth was 

 found to yield on an acre 25 cords of white pine 

 and 15 cords of hardwood. White pine is 

 worth $5 per cord net for lumber, and hard- 

 wood for cord wood 1 . Total, 40 cords, equals 

 $140. Deducting $40, the investment, which is 

 the same as for sprout hardwood growth and 

 chestnut, leaves a net return of $100 an acre 

 in forty years, or a net income of $2.50 a year 

 per acre. 



(4) NATURAL PASTURES (SO CALLED) 



There are in Massachusetts over 1,000,000 

 acres of pasture lands. Assuming that all cattle 

 and sheep are pastured at the average rental, 

 statistics show that these lands do not average 

 $1.50 a year per acre. If from this sum we 

 subtract $ 1 a year, the amount allowed for taxes 

 on valuation and compound interest on valuation, 

 the same amount as allowed in the case of forestry 

 lands, the net income for an acre per year is only 

 50 cents. This shows that there are thousands 

 of acres of pasture lands in Massachusetts that 

 rightfully and economically should be turned over 

 to forestry. 



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