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smaller lumbermen have been as much at fault as the large pulp 

 concerns, but in a smaller and less conspicuous way. These two 

 factors, the necessity of a permanent supply of wood, and the 

 public attitude of antagonism, have led several of the large pulp 

 companies to introduce some kinds of forestry measures. In 

 Maine, these measures have been largely confined to the avoiding 

 of waste in lumbering such as the substitution of the saw for 

 the ax in felling, by cutting lower stumps, and higher into the 

 tops, by removing all lodged trees, and by the use of inferior 

 material for skids and corduroys. In Vermont and New Hamp- 

 shire, silvicultural measures are being introduced by at least one 

 of these companies.^ Some of the lumbering is being done ac- 

 cording to foresters' marking with special reference to securing 

 spruce reproduction. 



This same company is building up a large nursery for the pur- 

 pose of supplying seedlings for the replanting of their waste and 

 cut-over lands. 



Very Httle has as yet been done by the large lumber companies 

 toward the introduction of forestry principles in their cuttings. 

 Some have experimented, in a small way, with planting and con- 

 servative cutting, but so far on a scale not at all comparable to 

 their cutting operations. The fire-protective organization of 

 New Hampshire lumbermen is the most effective move toward 

 forestry thus far made by New England lumbermen. 



As mentioned in the discussion of the spruce region, many of 

 the large hotel companies of northern New England, especially 

 of New Hampshire, own the forests surrounding their hotels, 

 and realize the necessity from the aesthetic standpoint of pre- 

 serving them. Some of these companies are realizing the ad- 

 visabiHty of practicing forestry on these lands, and it is to be 

 hoped that they will all be maintained in a productive condition, 

 and not merely as pleasure tracts. The well-managed forests 

 of Europe furnish abundant proof that good management not 

 only does not detract from the beauty of a forest, but rather en- 

 hances it, and makes it available to a greater number of people. 



' The International Paper Co. 



