FOREST POLICY. 



The cut in 1900 aggregated 107,600,000 feet b. m., in which 

 white pine participates with 23,800,000 feet b. m.; chestnut with 

 64,500,000 feet b. m. The coppice woods produce large quantities 

 of fuel. 



Leather industry: The output of 7 tanneries is valued at 

 $891,000. It consumes 495 cords of hemlock bark, worth $3,810; 

 133 cords of oak bark, worth $1,041; 3,516 barrels of bark extract, 

 worth $37,909; 205 bales of gambier; 494 barrels of quebracho; 

 in tons of sumac, and chemicals worth $i,7Qi- 



In 1900, 50,000 hides and 300,000 sheep skins were tanned. 



The output of the paper industry is valued at $3,565,000. No 

 cord wood is used; only rags, waste paper, manilla, imported pulp 

 and imported fiber. 



6. Forestry movement: Some interest is manifested in plant- 

 ing waste sand land. The Connecticut forest association is pre- 

 sided over by the State forester. 



7. Laws: Fire laws of 1886. Tax exemption on planta- 

 tions made on abandoned fields, consisting of 1,200 saplings 6 feet 

 high, for 20 years. 



In 1901 the office of State forester (Mr. Walter Mulford) 

 was created, charged with the acquisition of waste land at a price 

 not to exceed $4 per acre. Appropriation, $2,000. Seed is to be 

 used for planting. The expense of reforestation is not to exceed 

 $2.50 per acre. The State pays taxes on her own woodland. 



8. Reservations: None. 



9. Irrigation: 56 farms, situated along brooks, have 471 

 acres under ditch; expense of system $34.21 per acre. 



FORESTRY CONDITIONS OF DELAWARE: 



1. Area: 700 square miles, or 35% of State, are wooded. 

 Very little merchantable timber left after I2th census. 



2. Physiography: Delaware occupies the northeastern por- 

 tion of the peninsula formed by the Chesapeake and Delaware 

 Bays. Soil sandy, slightly undulating. 



3. Distribution: In the northern half of the State the 

 broad-leafed species prevail. Here appears, scatteringly attached 

 to farms, a struggling second growth of oaks, maple, poplar and 



