l-Mi established for the purpose of experiment and 

 demonstration. 



Altogether there are 80,000 acres within the State, 

 approximately 4 per cent of the total woodland area, 

 upon which forestry practice is now established or 

 definitely planned for the immediate future. The 

 owners have been won over to a realization of the 

 importance and practicability of forestry methods and 

 are pledged to its practice. 



The progress indicated in this survey is encourag- 

 ing when it is realized that the work was commenced 

 nily 13 years ago. Much however is yet to be done. 

 Xew Jersey has nearly 2,000,000 acres of woodland, 

 most of it in a degraded condition because of repeat- 

 ed forest fires, wasteful logging, neglect of owners, 

 and abuse by the public. As determined by soil sur- 

 veys and careful studies nearly three-quarters of this 

 area is unfit for any profitable use other than grow- 

 ing timber. The State's problem therefore is to 

 make this great area a group of productive, profit- 

 able forests ; the means clearly are preventing and con- 

 trolling forest fires, and applying practical forestry 

 management. These established, the value of New 

 Jersey's forests can be rapidly increased from the 

 present total of 6 million dollars to over 200 million 

 dollars. Instead of furnishing less than one-twentieth 

 of the lumber used within the State as at present, 

 Xew Jersey's woodlands are capable of supplying a 

 large part of the ordinary lumber and wood products 

 required by her people. The benefits to land owners, 

 producers and consumers are self-evident. 



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