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the same evidence of vigor, rapidly 

 becoming a dense forest. 



A Pronounced Success 



In the Wawbeek Division near 

 Axton a plantation of white pine, 

 Scotch pine and Norway spruce made 

 on cut over lands was seen and formed 

 a marked contrast to the unplanted 

 lands in the vicinity. Finally a 

 plantation of Scotch pine made on 

 burned over lands was examined. It 

 formed a dense young forest, almost 

 impenetrable, and, though small in 

 area, should in time furnish a splendid 

 stand of timber. Farther along the 

 road the results of letting a fire run 

 into this 3'oung growth were seen and 

 formed a most unpleasing contrast. 

 While the plantations show lack of 

 care in some respects the general 

 impression left is that they are a pro- 

 nounced success and should have 

 been carried to completion. 



While a less hasty visit and with 

 someone fully acquainted with the 

 original experiment would -have 

 brought out fuller and more exact 

 information, yet it is thought that 

 even this slight sketch of the situation 

 is a fair summary of its general aspect. 

 One striking feature was the un- 

 animity of opinion in the district, so 

 far as it was met, that the abandon- 

 ment of the work was a serious mis- 

 take. 



Stock from the forest school nursery 

 was supplied to the State Commission 

 in 1902 for planting on state lands 

 and stock remaining in the nurseries 

 was used for similar purposes later, 

 and if the initiation of the active 

 and successful nursery and planta- 

 tions established by the state is due 

 in any degree to the Forest School 

 experiment it is surely justified by 

 its children. 



A Glimpse of the Annual Log Harvest that Pays into New Brunswiclt's Treasury 

 Over Half a Million Dollars a Year 



