356 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Working Plans. 



Besides the above surveys there have been made four others, 

 and the necessary data collected with which to produce work- 

 ing plans. These working plans will be completed during the 

 present winter. It is not necessary to work these plans out in 

 colors, as has been done at times in the past, for it is thought 

 that a plan of one color, inked in, will answer the purpose as 

 well and also save both time and expense. 



The properties for which brief working plans have been made 

 are owned and located as follows : — 



Acres. 



Mr. S. Mellor, Cummington, 175 



Mr. W. A. Barton, FoxlDorough, 60 



Mr. L. T. Reed, Cummington, 60 



Mr. W. T. Porter, Dover, 50 



There will also be brought together, as soon as time will per- 

 mit, sufficient data Vv'ith which to make up a working plan for 

 the Lynn Woods. It is encouraging to state that this well- 

 known tract of woods, which in the past has been more or less 

 neglected, may and probably will in the near future receive 

 some of the attention so much needed to place the woods in a 

 proper condition. That the Lynn Woods at the present time 

 are in poor shape is evident to the most casual observer. Insect 

 enemies and fires have raised such havoc in them that much 

 of their former value and beauty have been lost. With the 

 exception of a small percentage that has been thinned and 

 sprayed, nearly the entire area is badly in need of immediate 

 attention. Thousands of cords of wood should be removed as 

 soon as possible, especially a large number of such trees as are 

 particularly susceptible to future stripping by moths. Dead 

 and dying wood and much scrub growth should be removed, 

 thereby materially decreasing the fire danger. 



It is confidently hoped that the city will place at the disposal 

 of its Lynn Woods commission and water board a sufficient 

 yearly appropriation to permit of the carrying on the needed 

 work along forestry lines which will insure the proper perpetua- 

 tion of the tree growth. 



The needed line of procedure for carrying out such a piece 

 of woods-work has been set forth in two reports from this office 

 and submitted to the chairman of the Lynn Woods commission. 



