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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



February 



country in 1897. From these dam- 

 aged areas all but the best trees were 

 to be removed, in order to make room 

 for a better growth. From the other 

 portions of the forest only such trees 

 were to removed as would increase the 



been thinned and 73 acres planted. 

 The thinning has yielded a product of 

 1,263 cords of firewood and 1,338 

 fence posts. Of this product 369 cords 

 were sold at a net profit, varying from 

 twenty-five cents to a dollar and thirty 



A Quiet Woodland Road, Hartford Watershed. 



growth and improve the timber quality 

 of those remaining. 



The working plan was put into oper- 

 ation at once. In the three years that 

 have elapsed since then. 156 acres have 



cents on the cord. The rest of the ma- 

 terial has been used for construction 

 and heating purposes ; and, although 

 not offered for sale, the same profit 

 has been made on it, for it would have 



