THE BILTMORE FOREST FAIR 



Tip No. 2 



ago; abandoned for 



The plantation marked No. 2, on "Long 

 Ridge," covers forty-five acres of steep 

 slopes which vteie cleared some sixty years 

 farming some thirty years ago; covered 



in 1895 with sedge grass, and cut by deeply eroded gullies on the 

 side facing the East. 



In 1895, Mr. Vanderbilt desired the entire hill to be planted 

 in hardwoods. It was my wish to show him (and to all Amer- 

 ica) that forest planting could be done by a good forester (e. g. 

 by myself) at an expense of $5.00 per acre. 

 ■ In the Winter of 1895 and 1896, six bushels of Chestnuts, 

 two bushels of Shag Bark Hickory, and two bushels of Pig-nut Hick- 

 ory were planted on the slope facing the East, between the creek 

 and the road; the plantation, covering an area of 1)4 acres, was 

 made at an expense of $10.36. 



