FORESTRY IN MASSACHUSETTS 17 



Increasing Interest in Forestry 



The friends of the forest have been greatly encouraged by 

 the interest which has been manifested recently in many 

 parts of the Commonwealth. This interest is so hearty that 

 it tempts some of us to look forward to a time when the old 

 abandoned farm, coming up to red cedar and worthless 

 birches, will be a thing of the past ; when waste lands from 

 the Cape to the Berkshires will be occupied with thrifty 

 stands of white pine, chestnut and other useful timber trees ; 

 when the farmer's wood lot will produce saw logs, in addi- 

 tion to the usual supply of cord wood ; when the State, the 

 cities and the towns will own forests for the production of 

 timber and for recreation grounds for the people ; to a time 

 when the greater part of the timber and wood supplies used 

 in the Commonwealth will be produced within its borders. 

 All of these things are possible and practicable from an eco- 

 nomic point of view ; but it will take time and hard work 

 on the part of the friends of forestry, and an intelligent in- 

 terest on the part of private owners and the general public. 



BOSTON, April 23, 1906. 



