40 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



several acres of transplanted trees, which are very handsome. 

 They were carried in a little express wagou from a neigh- 

 boring forest, planted in May with a little sod around them, 

 and I think every one of them lived. They are now 

 trimmed up twenty feet high, and I fear the same fate may 

 happen to them that has happened to thousands of acres in 

 our town, — that they may be burned over some day. We 

 have in the town of Lancaster thousands of acres that were 

 l)urned over last spring. The wood that could be gathered 

 from these acres would just about pay the chopper for cut- 

 ting, and it must be cut and removed or the future growth 

 will be in poor condition. The statements that have l)een 

 made in regard to the pine are all very true and very encour- 

 aging, l^ut the discouraging or troublesome part is the fires 

 that we have to contend with and from which we see no es- 

 cape. They come from sparks from the railroads, sparks 

 from gunners and particularly smokers, and the owner of 

 the land is absolutely helpless. 



Mr. Lyman. I have no patent way of preventing fires. I 

 have been very fortunate ; have had onl}- two, and they were 

 very small, — did not injure me over fifty dollars. When I 

 was a boy and worked in a saw-mill there were a good many 

 butt logs that showed that the trees had been injured by fire. 



Mr. Stetson (of Lakeville). What amount of seed 

 would Mr. Lyman sow to the acre ? 



Mr. Lyman. I would plant the seed about as thick as I 

 do corn, — about the same distance apart. If I were going 

 to sow the seed, should use two or three quarts to the acre. 

 Sow thick and thin early and often. 



Secretary Sessions. What is the best thing to sow with 

 pine seed? 



Mr. Lyman. With my present knowledge I would sow 

 it in the fall, and with winter rye. On plain land I would 

 roll the ground. I would follow the example of the Shaker 

 who succeeded. 



Mr. Pratt. Would n't you sow the rye very thin in- 

 deed? 



Mr. Lyman. I am speaking of land that would not grow 

 a heavy crop of rye. I told you I came to save that which 

 was lost. I would not sow very thick. 



