idea of providing a future supply, ought to receive greater 
attention even if only from a monetary standpoint. 
The Influence of Soll on the Kinds of Trees to Plant. 
The determination of the kind of trees to plant on 
a given soil, and exposure, or in a certain locality, is 
&® problem that can best be solved by making a study of the 
trees growing in that vicinity. From the observations 
gathered in the study of the woodlots in Tompkins Oounty, 
regarding this topic, there seems to be certain correla~ 
tions between the types of soil and certain species of 
trees growing thereon. The slight changes in altitude 
do not appear to affect the quality or quantity of tree 
growth. This is due to the fact that there are no very 
great extremes in the altitude, (381 to 2000 feet above 
sea level). 
In regard to the species of trees that grow better 
on one soil than on another, perhaps the most striking 
example is that of the chestnut (Castanea dentata). 
In the townships of Lansing, Groton, Ulysses and part of 
Enfield, there is scarcely any chestnut. The farmers 
say this is not a "chestnut soil". The only mown 
exception to the rule that chestnut does not grow in these 
townships is that along the west side of Cayuga Lake, from 
Ithaca to Taughannock Falls, there is a narrow strip of 
chestnut timber. 
The greater part of the soil types of these townships 
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