FORESTRY 



F. Wll. RANE 



"There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of fotes 

 trees. It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature to have this strong relish for 

 the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the 

 forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of rural economy. 

 It is, if I may be allowed the figure, the heroic line of husbandry. It is worthy of 

 liberal, and free born, and aspiring men. He who plants an oak, looks forward to 

 future ages and plants for posterity. Nothing can be less selfish than this." 



Washington Irving. 



I. HOW TO MAKE A BEGINNING IN FORESTM 



The time for action in forestry has arrived. In New Eng- 

 land fully So per cent, or more of our land is not tilled. Much 

 ■of this is waste land. The problem before us is what are we 

 to do with this land. Modern ingenuity, we believe, can and 

 will mark out our course of procedure. Men like the late 

 Hon. John D. Lyman and others have done their utmost to 

 .awaken us to activity, and their pioneer work was not in vain. 



Let us go over our farms at once and determine what land 

 we want to farm, that is, the land that is to be considered in a 

 rotation, plowed, and handled under modern methods of agri- 

 culture (none other pays). When the tillable land is selected, 

 then turn the remainder over to forestry. One can make these 

 lands serve him in no better way. The fence problem now 

 •comes up. Whether to fence oft' the tillable or forest land or 

 both, will depend upon one's conditions. Each must settle 

 this for himself. 



We now have our farming divided definitely into two main 

 crops, the tillable or field and the forest crops. 



THE FOREST CROP 



It is the forest crop we are to consider in this bulletin. In 

 the first place, if domestic animals are kept out and nature 



