38 THE BILTMORE FOREST FAIR 



Tip 



K| A^ The woodlands in this proximity were par 

 NQ J I ticularly poor. The soil is dry; and it had 

 suffered badly, particularly, from fires prior 

 to 1888. 



After improvement cuttings in 1900, yielding 17 cords per 

 acre, I have spent a few dozen dollars for reinforcing in Yellow 

 Pine. 



At the American Flag, a "fail place," barren and bare in 

 1898, is now fully restored to productiveness by planting. 



Opposite this fail spot, to the right, there is a fine pole wood 

 getting ready for a first "thinning." 



Tip 



»l OO W^ drive over a plantation of White Pines 

 l^n, dQ (white labels) and Western Yellow Pines 

 (red labels) (ponderosa), made on an aban- 

 doned field in Spring 1S06. Both Pines were two years old when 

 planted, the Western Pine, at that time, three times as large as 

 the White Pine. There is a sprinkling of "advance growth," all 

 over this field showing nature's tendency to reconquer the old 

 field. This advance growth, if left alone, develops as seen in 

 TIP NO. 35. 



This small plantation (four acres) costs us for 



hauling and demarkation .. 3.66 



planting itself 11.65 



weeding and hoeing in Sum mer 1906 .. 3.08 



$42.49 



Why do you dream, I'homas Alva, of a means 

 for the storage of solar energy? Your dream has been 

 reality, — ever since the fourth day of creation. The 

 trees in your yard swallow solar energy; digest solar 

 energy; and they store it away for you; and your 

 "storage battery" is battered to frazzles by your trees. 



