No. 4.] REPORT OF STATE FORESTER. 539 



the estate some magnificent specimens of oak and chestnuts 

 can be seen. Mr. Adams has been reforesting and underplant- 

 ing, as well as thinning and carrying on general forestry 

 management, for several years. 



Before the moths began to be destructive in Lincoln Mr. 

 Adams conferred with the State Forester, and co-operative 

 work was undertaken. He has a modern spraying equipment, 

 and was able, through modern methods, to retain the foliage 

 on his trees while adjoining properties have been in most cases 

 stripped. 



In order to facilitate matters, and call attention to the vary- 

 ing methods and conditions, placards were posted at various 

 places over the estate, and a printed program explained each. 



The State Forester wishes here to acknowledge the splendid 

 interest that Mr. Adams has shown in this work, and to thank 

 him in behalf of the Commonwealth for his hospitality on this 

 occasion, as even the delicious luncheon for all attending was 

 furnished by him. 



Protecting and increasing Birds. 



There is an increasing interest on the part of our people in 

 doing what we can to encourage the bird life of our State, and 

 this is commendable. Trees and birds are closely associated 

 in the minds of all naturalists. State and national laws are 

 being enacted to regulate wild life generally, and none are more 

 interested in this work than foresters. 



The birds are the guardians of our forest and shade trees 

 and the orchards of the farmer. They are eternally waging a 

 relentless warfare upon the insect hosts that prey upon the 

 foliage, fruit and even the trunks and branches of the trees. 

 In return for this safeguarding the trees themselves offer their 

 hospitable branches as nesting sites for the birds, and stretch 

 over them a canopy of green as a shelter from the oppressive 

 rays of the sun and as a protection against the downpour of 

 rain. 



Some species of birds do not build nests among the branches, 

 but excavate holes in the decayed trunks and branches of trees, 

 and still others, not able to excavate homes for themselves, use 

 these vacated apartments of the woodpecker family, and also 



