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•whole community; for, jQotwithstan ding the observations of a 

 former report upon the great facility with which Pine and 

 Birch and Maple trees renew their growth when cut off and 

 spread over adjoining fields and pastures, and the rather dis- 

 couraging view then taken as to the prospect of raising Oaks 

 and "Walnuts and Chestnuts from the seed, we are now fully 

 convinced that nothing is needed but to select suitable ground, 

 clear it entirely of any previous native growth, place the seed 

 in a natural manner in the soil, at a proper season, and wait 

 the requisite number of years for these slow-growing trees, 

 and we may have the most denuded districts of our State 

 amply re-clothed with waving forests, and ultimately with 

 timber for ships and for frames, which will three times out- 

 last those now used of Pine and Hemlock. 



We would not attempt to anticipate or supercede the account, 

 which will in due time be given, of the origin and progress of 

 this new-made forest, but merely afford the public intimation 

 of what is doing in a most interesting branch of agriculture, 

 and leave to Major Poore, in his own time to tell us hoio it is 

 done ; and we also wish to express our obligation to Mr. 

 Poore and his family for their polite invitation and hospi- 

 table entertainment, which render the day one long to be 

 remembered. 



"VVe close, as clergymen say, with a " single reflection," 

 and that is, that we have seen the immense advantage of 

 steadily pursuing the same object on the same spot for suc- 

 cessive generations. Mr. Poore is not a new man, but en- 

 joys, and most worthily succeeds, a race of ancestors who 

 have cultivated the same acres, of whom, and of his father, 

 many interesting relicts remain, of which the house and out- 

 buildings, and the oldest portion of this plantation of Forest 

 Trees, are the most interesting. 



For the Committee — Jeremiah Spofford Chairman. 



