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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



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at a cost, including the trees, of about $900. The following 

 species and number of trees were planted: Norway maples, 

 400; white ash, 250; pin oak, 50; linden, 50; oriental plane, 50. 

 Three hundred of the trees were staked, but guards were not 

 put on them, as they stand on a road in the country, and few 

 of them are near houses. The cost analyses are approximately 

 as follows : — 



Total. 



Cost of trees, 

 Labor of planting, 



Transportation, 



Staking materials (300 trees) 

 Supervision, 



Municipal Forests. 

 It is believed that the time is ripe for many of our Massa- 

 chusetts towns and cities to make a beginning in establishing 

 a municipal forest. Already a few towns and cities have made 

 a start in the right direction by planting the areas about their 

 source of water supply, but why stop with this when there are 

 in most instances available cheap lands that either already 

 belong to the town or city or can be purchased at a low price. 

 The great good to come from such an enterprise as this can 

 only be appreciated when we take into account the experiences 

 of the municipal forest propaganda of the old world. They 

 have succeeded and our chances for success are even greater. 

 If this office can be of any service to any city or town in 

 establishing a municipal forest, we certainly shall consider it 

 a pleasure to serve you. The ^Massachusetts Forestry Asso- 

 ciation of 4 Joy Street, Boston, is sending out some very 

 interesting information on- establishing municipal forests, and 

 is also offering prizes to cities and towns which make the best 

 showine;. 



