STATE FORESTS IN VERMONT 255 



In 1911 and 1912 ninety-four acres will be added to the area already 

 planted and the following species used, in addition to those already named: 

 Black walnut, black locust, white ash, red oak, European larch, basswood, 

 Adirondack spruce and hickory. This gives a total area of 128 acres in plan- 

 tations. Their purpose is to provide information relative to the effect on 

 growth of different spacing, of pure and mixed stands, and the adaptability 

 of the species to soil and altitude. In the final allotment of areas there will be : 



Woodland 90 acres 



Plantation 128 acres 



Pasture 30 acres 



Tillable 50 acres 



Apple Orchard 12 acres 



The area of pasture land will thus be reduced from 150 to 30 acres and 

 the orchard increased from 5 to 12 acres. A complete system of trails will 

 be constructed. These will lead to the different plantations and through sev- 

 eral blocks of woodland. 



The danger from fire, which is inconsiderable, has been provided for by 

 limiting the extent of area of pure coniferous plantations and maintaining a 

 fire line 100 feet wide at the most dangerous point. 



THE L. R. JONES STATE FOREST 



The L. R, Jones State Forest is an area of a different type and will be 

 used more to illustrate proper lumbering methods and provisions for natural 

 reproduction, together with plantations. 



This area consists of 500 acres, 400 being purchased in the autumn of 1909 

 and 100 in the autumn of 1910. Of this total area there are 135 acres to be 

 planted and 305 acres of woodland, thus utilizing the total area as forest 

 land. Much of this area has been lumbered but there is still a considerable 

 amount to come out. In the autumn of 1910 60,000 board feet of spruce and 

 hardwoods were marked. The cutting will be completed by January, 1911. 

 This material is cut, skidded and hauled, five miles, at $7.00, and is being 

 sold at flO.OO per thousand, leaving a profit of $3.00 per thousand, which is 

 fairly satisfactory considering the small size of the material and the difficulty 

 of cutting in dense spruce thickets. 



There are two types of woodland. Hardwoods consisting of white and 

 yellow birch and maple and beech from which the spruce and fir have been 

 cut, comprise about 215 acres. The spruce and fir type, comprising about 135 

 acres, is an area formerly in pasture land or clean cut about twenty years 

 ago, and since reclaimed by this growth. There is also a small area of older 

 pure spruce that will be marked and harvested as soon as possible. The area 

 is rugged, having a variation of elevation of 900 feet with considerable granite 

 outcrop. 



In the spring of 1910 there were planted 25,000 four year old white pines 

 and 10,000 three year old Norway spruce. This work will be continued for 

 the next three years, by which time the total open area will be planted with 

 white pine, Norway spruce and arborvitae. 



Lumbering operations will go on each fall, taking out the material marked 

 during the summer. The maximum coniferous stand per acre is 18,000 board 

 feet and 30 cords. The maximum hardwood stand per acre is 5,000 board 

 feet and 15 cords. This area will consequently be upon a revenue producing 

 basis considerablv before the Downer State Forest. 



