KINDS OF WASTE LANDS 



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men and public officials will study out and advocate simple 

 practical solutions of forestry management as adapted to their 

 conditions, these desired results will rapidly ensue. If each 

 town would send a strong representative to the Agricultural 

 College for simply the winter term of ten weeks to study for- 

 estry with the idea of his returning to advocate the principles 

 there learned as best adapted to local conditions, it would be a 

 worthy and legitimate expenditure. How quickly we realize 

 the advantages secured by advocating modern methods in 

 dairying ; forestry is bound to yield even greater returns to 

 us. The little towns and hamlets throughout New England 

 that in former times flourished because of their forest prod- 

 ucts and to-day are almost abandoned, will spring into activity. 

 Farming will again be made possible, as the forests will give 

 continued income throughout the winter season. 



II. WASTE LANDS. HOW TO CONVERT THEM INTO 



FORESTS. 



Our waste lands are for convenience divided into the follow- 

 ing kinds : 



" i . Run out agricultural fields and abandoned farms. 



Waste 



lands 



having 



possible 



forest 



values. 



2. Natural pastures (so called). Usually stony or 



hilly and unadapted for cultivation ; junipers, 

 hard-hack, sweet fern, and brush kept down 

 by the treading of animals and by cutting 

 and burning occasionally. 



3. Burned over wood lots and forests. 



4. Sprout or brush lands. 



5. Depleted sandy lands (barrens). 



6. Low or wet lands. 



r. Run-out Agricultural Fields or Abandoned Farms 



When lands that have been used for agriculture have become 

 so depleted that the income from pasturage is not worth over 

 one dollar an acre per year, more can be derived from them 



