THE BILTMORE FOREST FAIR 



If you are interested in erosion, the best lesson near Long 

 Ridge appears on the spot above the old "Cocke" house, near 

 Compartment 96. It used to be a nasty spot, and a scar in the 

 landscape. 



It is now a pine wood obtained, in the Spring of 1900, by the 

 plaiiting of 10,000 ball plants of six-year old Yellow Pines, at 

 an expense of $B9.00. 



My platform : "My fatherLAND !" 

 .... Underscore the "LAND," William! 

 And its every square foot shall blossom. 

 Amen! 



This history of "Long Ridge" is getting dull; it was also 

 dull to me when it was a reproach to me ... in days past. 



Suffice it to say that I had the plantations reinforced, in 

 the Spring of 1901 with Locusts (stump plants) one year old, 

 and with a few Yellow and White Pines, at an expense of $65.00 ; 

 in the Spring of 1902 with 4,000 Yellow Poplars two years old; 

 in the Spring of 1903 with ball plants of White and Yellow Pines 

 . at an expense of $113.48. 



That is all! Nowadays it is a joy for me to crawl through 

 this plantation! I feel like the Lord on the Seventh day of the 

 creation when I am crawling. 



The man who looks for a reward does not deserve any. 



Y' a I n Here, William, I shall show you a "thin- 



I ID NO. U "^i^S" in progress. It is made,— First for 

 ■ ' the benefit of the Pines, and Second for 



the benefit of our exchequer, the former profitting more than 

 the latter. In the Summer of 1908, the insects have kiUed quite 

 a bunch of the Pines. They have been removed— I mean the 

 Pines. I could not catch the insects; I wished I could! 



The thinning yields some two cords of fuelwood to the acre. 

 In this particular place close to town, a cord nets $1.20 above 

 expenses. 



