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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



April 



fair quality did not bring more than 

 this amount not many years since. 



When the writer began the study 

 of economic forestry as adapted to 

 New England a few years since it 

 was quite a perplexing problem. No- 

 where could be found definite data or 

 experienced foresters that could give 

 the sort of information desired. Every- 



ceived that such an undertaking was 

 not practical. In the face of this 

 discouragement and at private ex- 

 pense such work was, however, be- 

 gun and has met with pronounced 

 success. 



In 1900 the writer endeavored to 

 find out where seeds and seedlings 

 could be purchased in quantity and at 



Digging White Pine Seedlings. 



thing that has been published until 

 very recently has been of a general 

 nature and evidently not backed by 

 results from actual forest work car- 

 ried on in America. Even when re- 

 questing assistance from the Bureau 

 of Forestry in carrying on experi- 

 ments in restocking waste lands as 

 late as 1901, information was re- 



minimum cost. Two dollars a pound 

 for pine seed was found a good aver- 

 age price, and three dollars a thous- 

 and for four to six inch seedlings 

 was the lowest quotation secured, plus 

 packing and freight charges. No- 

 where in New England could seed- 

 lings be obtained at this time and for 

 a few hundred thousand lots the or- 





