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one man digs a hole, and his companion follows, setting 

 the trees, a supply of which he carries in a bucket. The 

 trees are spaced at regular intervals of six feet along 

 straight lines which are themselves located six feet 

 apart. This makes a total of 1,210 trees per acre. The 

 spacing in the plantation is kept as regular as possible to 

 facilitate the present work of planting, as well as to 

 make counting and future management easier. A con- 

 siderable portion of the area has already been planted, 

 and at the present rate of planting the watershed will 

 be covered with trees about the year 1922. From that 

 time on, it will be necessary to fill up any fail spaces, 

 should they occur, and to practice some system of silvi- 

 culture which will best subserve the purpose for which 

 the park was established. 



Although located some two or three miles from a rail- 

 road the danger from fire is not to be underestimated; 

 the popularity of camp fire suppers, and the carelessness 

 of smokers have been responsible for many a fire which 

 lias damaged or destroyed forests generally considered 

 outside the danger zone. Every precaution will be taken 

 in the case of this plantation to avoid damage by fire. 

 This will be accomplished by establishing fire-lines along 

 those portions of the park which are most exposed, and 

 by frequent patrol and inspection during dry and danger- 

 ous seasons. A set of fire-fighting tools will be kept 

 where they can be gotten quickly, in case of an emergency. 



More effective than anything else, perhaps, will be the 

 education of the people to a sense of their own responsi- 

 bility in protecting a park which is maintained for the 

 public benefit. When the people in a community come 

 to regard a forest park of this kind in the same light 

 that they regard their own personal property, there will 

 be little trouble in securing effective fire protection. 



To many people, the question of costs is the most 

 important of all considerations. If the project can be 

 shown to pay returns on the money invested, it will 

 appeal to everybody concerned as sound business. It 

 has been shown in a number of cases that forest planta- 

 tions will yield very satisfactory financial returns under 

 fair conditions* The conditions under which the plant- 

 ing has been done at Sherburne make the prospects for 

 ultimate financial success very good; unless some unfore- 

 seen accidents occur, a profit of from 4 to 6 per cent 

 may be expected at the end of forty or fifty years at 

 which time the plantations should contain a large pro- 

 portion of merchantable trees. Up to 191 5 the average 

 cost of planting, including stock, transportation, labor, 

 and inspection, had been $9.71 per thousand trees, or 

 $11.75 P er acre. The work in the last four years has 

 approximated $13 per acre. This is a very reasonable 

 figure considering the conditions existing at the Park. 



The development of this project should be followed 

 with much interest by towns or villages that contemplate 

 similar plantations or forests.! 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION FOR 1919 



EXPENSES 



Publication of Magazine $26,230.11 



Membership Solicitation 7,905.92 



Business Office Expenses, General Supplies, 



Equipment and Salaries 22,457.66 



Meetings 681.19 



INCOME 



Membership and Circulation $42,110.60 



Advertising Income 7,555.90 



Books Sold 270.18 



Paper Sold 53.22 



Fire Loss Adjustment 5,734.90 



ASSETS 



$57,274.88 



$57,274.88 



Operating Loss 



LIABILITIES 



$55,724.80 

 . 1,550.08 



$57,274.88 



Cash $ 7,120.33 



Investments 26,314.33 



Accounts Receivable 1,257.58 



Inventories 207.00 



Deferred Assets 1,770.00 



Association Bond Outstanding $ 10.00 



Accounts Payable 6,954.43 



Notes Payable 5,000.00 



Surplus January 1, 1919, plus net profit 



of $299.79 24.704.81 



$36,669.24 



$36,669.24 



Funds donated to American Forestry Association for Educational and Scientific 



Work in 1919 and not included in above Financial Statement $103,934.00 



Expended as follows: 



Forestry Publicity and Propaganda $ 5,600.00 



Foresters Edition (American Forestry) 1,000.00 



Printing and Distribution of Bulletins and Pamphlets 3,995.00 



Educational and scientific work through the Conservation Department affi- 

 liated with the National War Garden Commission from January 1, 1919, 

 to completion of this work on June 1, 1919 93,239.00 



$103,934.00 



During 1917 the American Forestry Association received gifts for educational 



and scientific work through the Conservation Department, amounting to..$ 56,700.00 



During 1918, for same uses 228,500.00 



During 1919, to June 1, when this war-time work ceased 93,239.00 



$378,439.00 



This total sum was expended through the Conservation Department affiliated with the National War Garden Commission, 

 and is a part of the "war-time," patriotic service of the American Forestry Association. 



