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REPORT OF STATE FORESTER. 



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These examinations were made with the knowledge and usually 

 at the request of the owner. 



During the coming year this work will be energetically pushed, 

 and in fact at this writing two assistants from this office are in the 

 field investigating the geographical extent of the infestation, 

 following up the work of Mr. A. H. Graves of the United States 

 forest service (outlined more fully in another section of this re- 

 port), but with particular reference to discovering and investi- 

 gating all possible means of utilizing the wood of trees killed by 

 the disease, e.g., the comparatively recent process of obtaining 

 chestnut extract from both bark and wood. 



Woodland Management. 



Some space in our last annual report was devoted to an account 

 of an operation in Buckland, Mass., where a good bit of merchant- 

 able timber was taken out and the stand still left in good growing 

 shape, the ground being well covered in most cases with white 

 pine seed trees. Where such seed trees were not left, under plant- 

 ing with two-year seedlings was tried. 



The success of this operation has made us feel justified in under- 

 taking the general supervision of a similar work in Barre, described 

 fully below. 



Surveying. 

 The forestry department has done more surveying and accom- 

 panying mapping this year than ever before. The work of obtain- 

 ing complete files of maps for all lots taken over under the so- 

 called reforestation act is being carried to completion. During 

 the past year an area of 485 acres has been thus surveyed, com- 

 prising the following lots: — 



