FOREST POLICY. 



worth $147,615; 4,616 cords of poplar, worth $30,B25; 20,623 cords 

 of other woods, worth $135,825. 



6. Forestry movement: None. 



7. Laws: A bill, failing in 1902, provided for: — 



(a) State Board of Forestry, consisting of three members, 

 one to be a scientific forester, two to be owners of 100 acres of 

 farm land! Commissioners hold office at Annapolis, are supplied 

 with a secretary and receive $600 each annually. Their duty is 

 to purchase woodland at the headwaters, at a price not to exceed 

 $8 per acre, or else deforested land in other sections of the State. 

 No price limit is given for the latter purchases. An appropria- 

 tion of $30,000 annually is set aside for land purchase, and $6,000. 

 for salaries and expenses. 



(b) Bounties of 10 cents a tree shall be paid for every 

 locust, black walnut, hickory, red and black oak planted according^ 

 to certain regulations; also a bounty of 5 cents for every chestnut 

 thus planted and for trees of other species fit for fence posts. 

 $5,000 are annually provided for bounty payments. 



Only malicious firing is punishable. 



8. Reservations: None, the above cited reserve law hav- 

 ing failed to pass. 



9. Irrigation: None. 



FORESTRY CONDITIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS: 



1. Area under forest: After 12th census, 4,200 square miles,. 

 or 52% of the State, are wooded. A State canvass of 1885 gives,, 

 however, only 1,390,000 acres of woodland classed as follows: — 



317,000 acres of timber over 30 years old. 

 993,000 acres of growth under 30 years old. 

 6,000 acres of planted forest, 

 74,000 acres of woodland not classified. 



2. Physiography: The western half of the State is moun- 

 tainous. Here the Taconic and Hoosac Ranges, with the Berk- 

 shire Hills, rising in Mount Graylock to 3,535 feet elevation. The 

 eastern half is hilly, or flat in the southeastern peninsula. 



3. Distribution: Massachusetts forms part of the north- 

 ern pine belt, stocked originally with white pine, hemlock and 

 spruce, mixed with hardwoods in varying proportions. The hard- 



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