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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[Pub. Doc. 



Town. 



Owner. 



Area (Acres). 



Dover, . 



Millis, . 



Dedham, 



Dedham, 



West wood, 



Norwood, 



Dedham, 



West Barnstable, 



Nor well. 



North Andover, 



Cohasset, 



Dedham, 



Geo. D. Hall, . 

 A. H. Wheeler, . 

 Stephen M. Weld, 

 Mrs. J. C. Fairchild, 

 C. J. Lennon, 

 Edw. Cunningham, 

 Karlstein estate, 

 Howard Marston, 

 Nathan Gushing heirs. 

 Miss G. A. French, 

 Mrs. Sarah Wheelwright, 

 Mrs. Harriet Rodman, 



27 

 12 

 70 

 6 

 3 

 20 

 83 

 60 

 15 

 45 

 20 



Cost. — In the above list seven of the operations will have 

 been carried on at no loss or a small profit, and all but two at 

 a net cost not greatly exceeding $5 an acre. The other two 

 contained so much brush that the cost was larger, but the 

 owners felt well repaid. 



Some cost data from the operation on Karlstein estate in 

 Dedham follow. This operation is not quite finished at this 

 writing, so the data are not absolutely complete. The Avork 

 was done by a crew paid from $2 to $2.25 per day, under an 

 experienced foreman. The men live in a camp provided on 

 the estate. The conditions on the estate were as follows: the 

 growth was mostly a medium hardwood stand, with about 75 

 per cent oak and about 35 per cent white oak, and wdth con- 

 siderable pine reproduction in places. The moth infestation 

 was severe, although as yet not more than 10 per cent of the 

 trees had been killed. The brush was not very heavy, but a fair 

 amount had to be cut. The estate was being held for develop- 

 ment, and the purpose of the thinning was to put it into shape 

 so that a wooded condition could be maintained at the least 

 possible expense. The general rule of the cutting was to cut 

 practically all white oaks, all dead and inferior trees, and as 

 many of all species of the other oaks as possible; to cut all 

 brush necessary, to split and pile the wood in 4-foot lengths; 

 to burn the brush and slashing, and to encourage the growth 

 of the pine as much as possible. 



