No. 4.] REPORT OF STATE FORESTER. 333 



splendid and permanent livelihood, were we to develop similar 

 industries for using and manufacturing home-grown forest prod- 

 ucts, as Winchendon is doing. This type of environment also 

 builds up and engenders a healthful and happy people. 



The moth scourge is just beginning to make some inroads 

 in Winchendon, but it is believed that it will never amount to 

 an\i;hing here, as the town immediately purchased up-to-date 

 equipment, and will not allow the moths to trespass. At a 

 recent meeting at which the State Forester gave an illustrated 

 talk, showing slides comparing conditions in Massachusetts 

 with the Black Forest of Germany, he emphasized how the 

 town of Winchendon might be made the Black Forest tow^n of 

 New England, and the idea seemed to meet the general ap- 

 proval of both officials and citizens. 



The town set out 10 acres to white pine last year as a start 

 toward a municipal forest, and plans are already made for 

 setting a much larger area next spring, and the acquisition of 

 more territory. The Murdock Company, the Brown Brothers, 

 the Converse Company and various individuals have already 

 set out several hundred acres in this and adjoining towns. The 

 Brown Brothers have about 1,000,000 two-year-old seedlings in 

 their nursery at the present time, and Mr. Elisha Whitney, the 

 president of the ]Murdock Company, has purchased for next 

 spring's delivery a very large consignment. The accompanying 

 photograph (see frontispiece) was taken by the writer of one 

 of the ^Nlurdock Company's four-year Scotch pine plantations 

 in the town of Ashburnham. 



The true forestry spirit is to be found in Winchendon, and 

 it is hoped that other rural towns may emulate this example. 

 See, also, the Winchendon forest fire auto truck, a photograph 

 of which is to be found in this report. 



Forestry Practices as a Key to Moth Control. 



This year for the first time an organized attempt has been 

 made to apply forestry to the moth problem. Work along 

 this line has been done for several years, notably on the North 

 Shore, but the immediate purpose of most of the thinnings 

 made was to facilitate spraying and creosoting rather than to 



