Vi PREFACE 



spruce; the proper treatment of a sugar orchard, — these and 

 many similar questions are constantly being asked by the up- 

 to-date farmer. 



Lumbermen also are becoming interested in forestry, .and, 

 while they have not yet to any extent adopted modern methods 

 of cutting, this is largely due to unfavorable conditions and 

 ignorance of such methods. 



In preparing this book the authors have been governed 

 by a twofold purpose: first, by the desire to present a book 

 which might be of practical assistance to all classes of land 

 owners in the East; and second, to produce a textbook treating 

 of forestry in New England. The latter is greatly needed, 

 especially in the various agricultural colleges where courses 

 in forestry are given, and where it is essential that thorough 

 instruction in the forest problems of the northeastern United 

 States be furnished. There is even a wider field for a book 

 dealing with a definite section of the country, so arranged as 

 to serve as a handbook for owners of woodland in the section 

 treated. It has been the aim of the authors thoroughout to 

 present the material in the simplest and least technical form 

 possible, with the view of making everything clear to persons 

 not familiar with forestry. 



The book is arranged in two parts : one dealing with methods 

 and principles of forestry in general, the second treating in 

 detail with the forests of New England. While it is written 

 with special reference to New England, the book has a much 

 wider field of direct application. Forest conditions similar to 

 those in portions of New England prevail over a large part of 

 New York and New Jersey, in Pennsylvania, and also in south- 

 eastern Canada. 



Part I is intended to furnish the woodland owner with a 

 brief survey of the whole field of forestry, and to give him suffi- 

 cient knowledge to rightly understand and be able to carry 

 out the treatment recommended in Part II for his forest land. 

 The subjects in Part I are too comprehensive to be fully covered 

 in one volume. In many cases the presentation here will be 



