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ing in the section. About 50 acres is stocked with pure white 

 pine of all ages up to ninety to one hundred years of age. A 

 camp has been erected and a crew has been in the woods for the 

 past three months removing marked trees. Several thousand 

 feet of lumber have been cut from this tract up to date, and it 

 is believed that, aside from putting the area in much better 

 condition, the operation will show a profit to the owner. All 

 wood products are to be used at the owner's mill. On this 

 tract, also, is a planted stand of white pine twenty-two years 

 old that is making good growth. Planted pine thirty-five to 

 forty years old is also to be seen. 



Boylston Manufacturing ComjMny. — A thinning and clean- 

 cutting operation is at present in progress on the 45-acre tract 

 in Jefferson, Mass., owned by the Boylston Manufacturing 

 Company of Easthampton. The thinning and clean cutting is 

 to be followed by planting to pine in the spring. This opera- 

 tion is of interest as an indication that large business concerns 

 owning forest land are beginning to realize that it is not good 

 business policy to allow their holdings to remain idle and 

 neglected. 



Fire Line. 



On the W. B. Cross property in Brockton, Mass., a fire line 

 nearly 1 mile long and 60 feet wide has been made during the 

 past two months. This fire line follows the highway for the entire 

 distance, and in conjunction with the road itself makes an ex- 

 cellent line of protection against fire for the property of Mr. 

 Cross. All brush was clean cut and burned. 



Other places where the trees have been marked and work is 

 to be done this winter are as follows: — 



