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largest financial returns, and to have another crop immediately 

 started, thus securing from the land its largest possible pro- 

 duction, — these are the methods of true forest management. 



If the trees will bring more money for partially matured 

 growth than they would if not cut until mature, the earlier 

 period is to be recommended. The land thus cut ofl' could 

 meanwhile be growing a second crop. Where box boards 

 bring a high price if pine, or where hard woods are worth 



Fig. II. A view of mature growth of pine and liemlock in the New Hampshire College woods. 



more for fuel for brick yards, fishnet poles near the sea, etc., 

 than they could possibly bring for future lumber plus taxes 

 and compound interest, one is justified in harvesting early. 

 Much depends upon one's location and prevailing conditions. 

 For further discussion, the reader is referred to Bulletin No. 

 36, Division of Forestry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D.C. This treatise may be had upon request, and 

 the author. Prof. H. S. Graves, treats the subject, " Practical 

 Forestry in the Adirondacks," in a plain and practical manner. 



