MODERN FORESTRY 



often this tree grows upon sandy soil. So far 

 as commercial results are concerned, it cannot 

 be claimed that there is hope in getting such 

 returns as would have been secured from the 

 usual agricultural crops of the region, but it is 

 probable that ultimately the experiment will 

 prove that such an investment would be con- 

 sidered fairly remunerative. 



"The state of Alabama," comes the word 

 from that commonwealth, "is doing nothing 

 in the way of replanting denuded lands. We 

 have still areas of forests, and our people are 

 not as yet sensible of the necessity for re-sup- 

 plying what is being taken away." 



The state of New York, through its For- 

 estry Department, has already undertaken, and 

 is carrying on, extensive operations in the 

 way of reforesting the waste and denuded 

 lands in its forest preserve. 



The work was commenced in a small way 

 in 1901, at which time two plantations of 

 white pine were made in the Catskill district. 

 In the following year five hundred thousand 

 young plants — white pine, Scotch pine, Nor- 

 way spruce and larch — were set out on the 

 burned plains near Saranac Junction, in Frank- 



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