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AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATI 





Conemaugh, Loyalhanna, Kiskimmietas, 



and Youghiogheny Valleys are embraced 

 in the burned and threatened areas. The 

 water supply in the city of Uniontown is 

 almost exhausted for ordinary purposes. 

 The fires in many cases were caused by 

 the carelessness of hunters. 



FALLEN AND STANDING FIRE-KILLED TIMBER READY 

 FOR THE NEXT FIRE. 



State Forestry Forest improvement and 

 in Connecticut, extension is being taken 

 up in a practical manner 

 by the State of Connecticut. A State 

 Forester has been appointed and an appro- 

 priation for the purchase of lands on which 

 to experiment has become available. The 

 Board of Control of the Connecticut 

 Agricultural Experiment Station at New 

 Haven, which was empowered by an Act 

 of the General Assembly at its January ses- 

 sion to select a State Forester, has chosen 

 Mr. Walter Mulford for the position. 



The Act passed by the Legislature was 

 entitled "An Act Concerning the Re- 

 forestation of Barren Lands," and in sub- 



stance, provision is made- in it for pi, 

 b 3 the State Forester of land suital 

 the growth of oak, pine, or chestnul timl 



such land to be used as a State Park in the 

 following way : 



^The land will be deeded to the Stat. 

 Connecticut, but is to be a I andta 



by the town in which it lies at the 

 same rate and in the same way as 

 similar hmd held by private own- 

 ers. It is to be managed in such 

 manner as to secure as rapid and 

 profitable a growth of timber as 

 possible, artificial planting of val- 

 uable timber trees being resorted 

 to w herever necessary. It ma\ . 

 if desirable, be fenced, but not 

 with barbed wire. The whole 

 will be under the charge of the 

 State Forester. 



It is hoped that this undertaking 

 may be of practical use in re- 

 storing to forest production lands 

 at present ncarb worthless, fur- 

 ther, that such lands may he so 

 tended as to serve .is an object 

 lesson in tree planting and in the 

 proper management of woodlands, 

 thus leading to a more rational 

 and consequently more profitable 

 handling, by their owners, of the 

 cord-wood lands and timber lands 

 of Connecticut. 



The amount appropriated by 

 the Stati- lor this object is Sj. 000 

 for two years, and no land can be 

 bought, under the provisions of 

 the act, for more than $4.00 per 

 acre. 



Mr. Mulford has issued a notice 

 to owners of waste lands ami cut- 

 over woodlands suitable lor tin- growth ol 

 timber, calling their attention to the pro- 

 visions of the law. which went into effect 

 on ( >ctober 1st. 



Interest in Pri- 

 vate Forestry. 

 The South Ac- 

 tive. 



In ( Vtoher. i 898, the I , 

 S. Depai'tment of Agri 

 culture, through its lh- 

 vision of Fores! r\ , first 

 offered to give practical 

 assistance to farmers, lumbermen and 

 others, in the handling heii to 



lands. The response to this offei was im- 

 mediate, and in three years private o\\ ners 

 f ,,\ er p, 1 acres oi w oodland ha\ e 



availed themselves of the opportunity. 



