358 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The Barton Lot. 

 A thinning operation is now being carried on in Foxborough 

 on the 60-acre tract of Mr. W. A. Barton, the tract constituting 

 the woodland surrounding Sunset Lake. This is an operation 

 consisting of the thinning out of about 150 cords of wood in a 

 heavily stocked medium growth of mixed hardwoods and pine. 

 It is thought the cost to the owner will be slight. All of the 

 cordwood has already been sold on the lot. 



Taunton Hospital Lot. 



The tree growth covering about 50 acres at the Taunton 

 State Hospital has been partly marked for thinnings, and a 

 crew of men are at present engaged in removing the marked 

 trees. This piece of woods is moth-infested and contains a 

 large number of slowly dying trees of good size. It is the in- 

 tention of Mr. Goss, the superintendent, to gradually under- 

 plant the entire thinned area. The small trees needed are to 

 be furnished from the State nursery. 



Markings will be completed in the near future over the entire 

 tract, and it is hoped the choppers will have the marked trees 

 cut, slash burned and the area ready for underplanting by the 

 spring of 1914. The choppers are men employed by the in- 

 stitutioi;, and all wood cut is used there. 



Reed Lot. 



The W. A. Reed property of 60 acres in Cummington, con- 

 taining a good growth of mixed hardwoods and conifers of 

 various ages, has been marked for heavy thinnings, and the 

 marked trees are to be removed if possible this winter. The 

 cutting and hauling of the logs, of which there will be several 

 thousand feet, will be done by a local contractor. The major 

 part of the lumber will be used by the owner. 



A certain portion of the area is open land, and suitable for 

 planting. It is the owner's intention to have this area stocked 

 gradually from year to year, and to carry on all work done 

 under advice from this office. 



