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with their already excellent acquaintance with gypsy moth 

 requirements. 



A total area of about 490 acres was marked for this sort of 

 thinning, about 425 acres of which lay on the north shore of 

 Massachusetts Bay, in the towns of Beverly, Manchester, 

 Gloucester, Wenham and Essex. About one-half of the cut- 

 ting done on the north shore was marked for by the forestry 

 assistants, and it is now felt that the men are quite familiar 

 with their methods of work. 



Other localities in which marking was done or advice given 

 were Tyngsborough, Tewksbury, Wareham, Hingham, Mashpee 

 and Newton. In the latter place, where a particular effort 

 was made to sell the cord wood product, the amount realized 

 not only paid the cost of cutting, but also of cleaning up the 

 brush, leaving a slight margin of profit. 



Surveying. 



Considerable surveying has been done by the forestry de- 

 partment during the year, including nearly all the unsurveyed 

 lots taken under the reforestation act. These lots, by towns, 

 are as follows: Buckland, 165 acres; Wellfleet, 52 acres; Har- 

 wich, 14 acres; Peru, 80 acres; Colrain, 12 acres; Oakham, 

 100 acres; a total of 449 acres. 



Maps have been or are being made for all these lots. Besides 

 this ordinary surveying and mapping, one topographic and 

 forest map (in colors) has been made of a tract of land taken 

 by the State under the reforestation act, and planted and 

 managed by this office, known as the Lowe farm. This land 

 lies in Colrain, has an area of 580 acres, and is the largest of 

 the State plantations. 



Reforestation Work. 

 The reforestation work has been carried on this year under 

 the policy already established, and gives great promise of awak- 

 ening the interest of mill owners, lumbermen and land owners 

 to the necessity of replanting cut-over and waste lands. The 

 lots planted last year, after being inspected this fall in some 

 cases show as high as 97 per cent, of healthy growing trees, and 



