THE PROGRESS OF FORESTRY IN NEW ENGLAND 399 



Warner, are smaller tracts of sixty and two hundred and ten 

 acres respectively. The legislature of 191 1 provided for the pur- 

 chase by the state of a tract of 11,000 acres in Crawford Notch, 

 which will be under the management of the state forester. The 

 revenue received from the sale of products from the state forests 

 reverts to the state treasury. 



State Nursery. 



E. — A nursery was started by the forestry commission in 

 1 9 10, there being quite a demand for nursery stock. The leg- 

 islature of 191 1 appropriated, for the establishment and main- 

 tenance of a state nursery for 191 1, $500; for 191 2, $800; and 

 for 1913, $300. One nursery is located at Gerrish. Here are 

 raised white, red, and Scotch pine, Norway spruce, European 

 larch, ash, basswood, chestnut, and red oak, with a present 

 stock of about 700,000 seedHngs and 100,000 transplants in all. 

 Another nursery is located at Pembroke, and is devoted entirely 

 to white pine transplants. Three hundred thousand seedlings 

 and transplants have been distributed through the ofhce of the 

 forestry commission, since starting the nursery work in 19 10. 

 Two private nurseries have recently been established in New 

 Hampshire, so there is little question of a sufficient supply of 

 home grown nursery stock within a few years. 



Taxation. 



F. — The taxation problem in New Hampshire is much the 

 same as in other states. An investigation of the matter was 

 made a few years ago by the United States Forest Service and 

 state in cooperation. 



Maine. 



Administration. 



A. — Maine, which has the largest forest area of any of the 



New England States, is the only one which does not employ a 



trained state forester. It has, however, a forest commissioner,^ 



^ The present forest commissioner is F. E. Mace. 



