HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



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railroad inspectors, and the watchmen 



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Implements 



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mentioned above. 



GENERAL FORESTRY 



We have left this branch until the 

 last, for under it are gathered a vai-iety 

 of activities which the other branches, 

 with their more definite work, do not 

 touch. It is a sort of general utility 

 branch. The work of this branch may 

 be subdivided into five lines, although 

 these lines do not necessarily cover all 

 its work, for special temporary activi- 

 ties are placed upon it from time to time. 



(a) Reforestation. Under the refor- 

 estation laws (Acts 1907, 487), owners 

 of cut-over and waste land who wi«h to 

 have it reforested can turn over their 

 land to the State Forester for a period 

 of ten years. At the expiration of this 

 period the owner can reclaim his land 

 by paying what the department has laid 

 out upon it for planting and other work. 

 To date one hundred and fifty planta- 

 tions, amounting to six thousand acres, 

 have been reforested under the term.s of 

 this law. 



(b) State Nurseries. This branch 

 maintains two principal and three sub 

 or transplant nurseries for the propaga- 

 tion of forest planting stock. This stock 

 is grown, first, for use of the department 

 for planting on reforestation lots and 

 state forepts; second, for use by other 

 state departments ; third, for municipali- 

 ties, and last for sale at cost to private 

 owners. Owing to the demands of the 

 three first classes of users we never have 

 any surplus for sale to private owners. 

 At present we have on hand nearly two 

 million four-year-old transplants ready 

 for field planting, with a corresponding 

 number in younger ages for future use. 



(c) Examination. The forest law 

 provides that any owner of woodland 

 may call on the State Forester for an 

 examination of his 'woodland or trees. 

 The cost of such an examination to the 

 owners covers the traveling expenses of 

 the visiting forester. The .subjects cov- 

 ered in such examinations range from an 

 estimate of timber to the identification of 

 a disease on a tree or .shrub. 



(d) Under the law the State forests 

 purchased by the State Forest Commis- 

 sion are turned over to the State For- 

 ester for administration. As the legisla- 

 ture has made no special appropriation 

 for this purpose the amount of work 

 done along this line is limited, but con- 

 siderable has been done in the construc- 

 tion of fire lines, wood roads, and plant- 

 ing. 



(e) Educational work is carried on by 

 the publication of bulletins, the dissemi- 

 nation of newspaper articles, and the ar- 

 rangement of exhibits at fairs and other 

 public celebrations. 



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