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FORESTRY IN NEW ENGLAND 



At the time of writing (January, 191 2), no national reserves have 

 been acquired, although it is probable that such national forests 

 will soon be established in New Hampshire. 



STATE-OWNED FORESTS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



This total of about 91,000 acres of land, owned by the states 

 of New England, forms less than four-tenths of one per cent of 

 the forested area of the six states, and when it is considered that 

 very little forestry is at present practiced on the large school 

 tracts of Maine, or the reservations of Massachusetts, it will be 

 realized that they are at present of very little value so far as the 

 real practice of forestry throughout New England is concerned. 

 The New England States should own at least ten per cent of 

 their total forest area, and should manage these public forests 

 for revenue production, which would also furnish the best 

 possible practical examples of forestry to private owners. 



Lands Under Corporate and Private Ownership. 

 B. — The large pulp concerns of northern New England control 

 the largest areas of forest lands upon which forestry principles, 

 even of a rough nature, have thus far been practiced. These 

 companies, which own expensive manufacturing plants, usually 

 located on waterpowers distant from the forests, are dependent 

 largely upon their own tracts for a permanent supply of timber, 

 and the maintenance of their business. Partly because they have 

 often stripped land clean in their past operations, and partly 

 because they represent large capital in agricultural states, these 

 corporations have become very unpopular. In many cases, the 



