THE BILTMORE FOREST FAIR 13 



*| ■» We are now on the "Ridge road.' 



No. 7 



I iD ITU* / Where the sign No. 7 stands, I have made 

 ■ a "BorggreVe" thinning in 1906, cutting 



14 cord* of "wolf trees" per acre. 



This lot looks somewhat dishevelled; it will look fine in 1916. 



^J Uf^ O Here, anno 1895, the bark beetles had 

 I ID IvOa ^iU6<^ ^^^ Yellow Pines forming the main 

 ■ part of the stand. See how the hardwoods 



have taken advantage of the death of their former suppressors! 

 Having a fine system of transportation, the value of trees 

 killed by calamities can be saved by me. 



Forestry is paraphrased neither by the anastrtjphe: 

 —Saw "Nothing"; and say "Woodl"-^ 



nor by the proverb : 

 --Say "Nothing'*; arid saw "Wood". 



