40 THE BILTMORE FOREST FAIR 



^j fc|_ A 4 An abandoned field reforested by nature in 

 I I n 1^ D "f I Pinus Tirginiana ! Do you see the signs of 



* erosion? Can you distinguish the deep 

 gullies now hiding beneath the Pines? The Pines average twenty- 

 five years in age. 



It is wise to be good when you must; 

 It is good to be good when you mustn't. 



TJ klf^ An Here, the Pines average ten years in age. 

 lip mOi 4Z ^^^ ^*^Se of the woods at No. 41 is fifteen 



* years ahead of that at No. 42. All of this 

 growth is spontaneous. 



Tin Uf% yiO ^^ ^^^ ** *^® ^^^^ °^ ^° plantations 

 lip nOa 40 covering forty-one acres made in Spring 



* 1907 (known as the "lone chimney plan- 

 tation") and in Spring 1906 (known as the "old school plan- 

 tation"). 



The soil, where we enter the plantations, is extremely sterile. 

 Here we find alternating rows of Pinus echinata (yellow labels) 

 planted with a dibble in Spring 1907 (as yearlings) and of White 

 Pines (white labels) planted (as two year olds) with a spade. 



A layman would not be able to see my "plantation," — un- 

 less I pushed his nose on the plants; five years from now it will 

 be denser than the plantation at TIP NO. 32, — if St. Hubert 

 keeps the fire out of the plantation. 



Nothing can hinder the growth of the trees, — except fire. 



There were planted, per acre. 



2,000 Yellow Pines, one year old, worth .. $1.10 

 1,500 White Pines, two years old, worth .. 2.26 



at an expense (for work) of $2.96 per acre. The plantation was 

 particularly cheap, the loose soil being worked easily and the 

 plants being small. 



Blessed are they which receive hard knocks! 



