FOREST POLICY. 



$498,ocx>; i,ooo cords of oak bark, worth $9,000; IS.SOO bales of 

 gambier, worth $106,000; 17,000 barrels of extract, worth $170,000; 

 3,600 tons (!) of sumac, worth $190,000; 500 tons quebracho, worth 

 $8,000; chemicals worth $307,000. 



Paper and pulp industry: Massachusetts is second only to 

 New York in these industries; still her consumption of wood is 

 small, consisting of home-grown spruce, 21,200 cords, worth $110,- 

 000; Canadian spruce, 13,800 cords, worth $113,000; home-grown 

 poplar, 3,000 cords, worth $18,000; other wood, 1,000 cords, worth 

 $5,000. Enormous amounts of rags, manilla, waste paper; further, 

 imported pulp and fiber form the chief raw material. 



6. Forestry movement: The Massachusetts Forestry As- 

 sociation is backed by wealthy and educated tree lovers, and 

 employs a forester (T. F. Borst). The Arnold Arboretum, at 

 Jamaica Plains, offers unrivalled advantages to the student of 

 dendrology. Chair of forestry at Harvard since 1903. 



7. Laws: The selectmen of towns appoint annually one 

 or more fire wardens, paid according to the pleasure of the town. 

 Unique and interesting is a law allowing, cities and towns to con- 

 tract loans and to secure State contributions (So% of expense) for 

 forest park purposes. Tax exemptions are granted for ten years 

 on plantations, consisting of 2,000 saplings over 4 feet high (per 

 acre), made on abandoned fields. Sand dunes at Cape Cod are 

 being replanted under State law. 



8. Reservations: City reserves are small, but of great local 

 importance. Three State reserves, called the Mount Tom, Gray- 

 lock and Wachusett State Parks, were established in 1902 and 

 placed in charge of a State forester. 



9. Irrigation: 28 farms irrigate 134 acres, for truck pro- 

 duction. 



FORESTRY CONDITIONS OF MICHIGAN: 



1. Area: Area of woodland, inclusive of stump land, is 

 67% per cent of State area, or 38,000 square miles. Fernow gives 

 38% only. 



2. Physiography: Two peninsulas. Ground level or undu- 

 lating with sandy or gravelly ridges. Splendid shipping facilities 

 via the lakes. Rivers important in the white pine industry are 

 the Muskegon, Manistee, Shiawassee, Kalamazoo and Saginaw. 



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