94 ON rOEEST TREKS. 



experiments lie lias made, and their successful result, is 

 entitled to tlie highest premium offered on Forest 

 Trees; but as the premiums lor forest of oak are con- 

 fined to white oak and yellow oak, and as the forest 

 of Mr. Poore is principally of the species called black 

 oak, and gray oak, they do not feel authorized to 

 award a premium, but recommend a gratuity of thirty 

 dollars to Mr. Poore. 



llespectfully submitted, 



ASA T. NEWHALL. 

 Dec. 1st, 1843. 



B E x\ J A M I N P O O R E ' S STATEMENT. 



To the Commiitee on Forest Trees : 



Gentlemen: — From 1819 to 1831, I made a number 

 of unsuccessful attempts to raise Forest Trees. But in 

 1832 after witnessing the success that attended planting 

 of Forest Trees in England, 1 commenced planting 

 acorns on a steep hill side, on pasture land, from which 

 some old hickory trees had lately been removed. 



In the same year, I planted acorns in the nursery for 

 the purpose of transplanting to the forest. 



I have continued the planting in the forest and nurs- 

 ery and when the trees were two years old, transplant- 

 ed them to the forest from the nursery. 



The spot selected was not favorable, as the snow 

 drifted in large quantities on the trees and has from 

 time to time broken hundreds. Also, at the commence- 

 ment there was no shelter for them, which is indispen- 

 sable in raising oaks. 



I did not make much show till 1836, and my success 

 that year and since, I attributed mainly to the shelter 

 afforded the oaks by bushes that had sprung from the 

 roots of the old walnut trees. 



The trees offered for premium partially cover be- 

 tween two and three acres of land too steep for cultiva- 

 tion, and beside hundreds of walnut and other trees, 

 exceed twenty seven hundred, some of which are more 



