3^4 FORESTRY IN NEW ENGLAND 



ing the standing trees. A slight addition to the price for cut- 

 ting wood and inspection of the work will ordinarily result in 

 accomplishing what is desired. 



Market Conditions. — Railroads cover the region thoroughly, 

 very few points being over ten miles from one. Many trolley 

 lines, in the rural communities, give additional transportation 

 facilities. The road system of the region is highly developed, 

 with many stretches of hard roads, extending into the more re- 

 mote portions. While there is a large percentage of true forest 

 soils in the region, the present output is small, since past 

 cuttings have exhausted most of the timber and lack of proper 

 handling and protection has prevented replacement: Even 

 when producing the amount of wood of which it is capable the 

 region will probably grow but little more than its own needs. 

 It will never, under the best of handling, be a timber exporting 

 section, but should eventually produce an amount equivalent 

 to its own requirements. At the present time the production 

 of the more valuable products is far below that point. Cord- 

 wood is supplied now for all local needs. 



There is a dense population centering in the many manufac- 

 turing towns and cities with which the region is dotted. 



Industries. — Manufacturing is the leading industry of the 

 region, with agriculture next in importance, and strictly forest 

 industries taking a third place. 



Among the forest industries the manufacture of lumber is 

 the leading one. For the year 1909 the cut was approximately 

 174,000,000 feet, board measure, of which chestnut furnished 

 about 93,000,000 feet, board measure. This is not, however, 

 the leading f 01 est region for the production of chestnut, since 

 the cut in the southern Appalachians is far higher. The pro- 

 duction of oak was approximately 37,000,000 feet, while the 

 balance of the total cut, 44,000,000 feet, was made up by a 

 variety of species, of which hemlock, hickory, maple, ash, and 

 birch are the more important. Practically all the lumber cut 

 is used within the region. The material is largely of low grade 

 and not suitable for export. For certain lines of manufactur- 



