220 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



No. 1, 72 feet high, 11-inch butt cut, 461/2 feet of logs 6 inches at top. 



No. 2, 57 feet high, 15-inch butt cut, 471/2 feet of logs 6 inches at top. 



No. 3, 63 feet high, 14-inch butt cut, 42 feet of logs 6 inches at tojj. 



No. 4, 67 feet high, 16-inch butt cut, 40 feet of logs 6 inches at top. 



These 4 trees produced 1 cord of pulp wood. Reckoning 

 from this yield as applied to an acre, the yield would be 1 72^/2 

 cords, which at the current price of $6.50 per cord, would give 

 the income from this acre $1,120 in thirty-two years. 



Computing the land at $5 per acre, cost of trees and planting 

 at $5, and to this adding compound interest for the thirty-two 

 years, the total would amount to $65.50 ; adding to this taxes 

 for thirty-two years, or $7.50, makes the total investment $73, 

 and hence leaves a net income of $1,046.86, or a yearly average 

 of $36.72 per acre. Mr. Aiken claims that this land is not 

 worth over 50 cents per acre per annum for grazing. 



The pulp wood cut here was sold to the International Paper 

 Company, who made it into paper at the Bellows Falls mill. 

 Mr. Edward Barrett, superintendent of this mill, reports as 

 follows : — 



The Norway Spruce Test. — One cord of rough wood, 71 sticks 4 

 feet long, after preparing for grinding room, gave us 98 cubic feet; 

 this made 1,228 pounds of dry wood pulp. The spruce worked nicely 

 on the paper machine, and, under the same conditions as our regular 

 spruce, gave us a higher test for strength and a brighter shade with 

 the same amount of color. 



For the first time the State Forester expects to set out quite 

 a large number of I^orway spruce in Massachusetts the coming 

 spring. The beauty of the spruce for pulp wood is that prac- 

 tically the whole tree is utilized. 



FoKEST Fires of 1909. 



Forest fires have been altogether too numerous throughout the 

 State during the past season. We are convinced that the permit 

 act which went into effect last spring gave splendid results, 

 and that forest wardens generally were more active than ever; 

 but with all this wo arc not accomplishing the results we should 

 and nmst. 



