﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  67 
  

  

  Scotch 
  pine 
  seedlings, 
  1 
  yr., 
  estimated 
  368,000 
  

  

  Austrian 
  pine 
  seedlings, 
  1 
  yr., 
  estimated 
  72,000 
  

  

  Norway 
  spruce 
  seedlings, 
  1 
  yr., 
  estimated 
  312,000 
  

  

  European 
  larch 
  seedlings, 
  1 
  yr., 
  estimated 
  45,ooo 
  

  

  Total 
  4,138,000 
  

  

  Grand 
  total 
  in 
  nurseries 
  December 
  1, 
  1910 
  11,763,900 
  

  

  TRESPASS 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  to 
  this 
  office 
  122 
  cases 
  

   of 
  trespass 
  on 
  State 
  land. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  upon 
  careful 
  investiga- 
  

   tion 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  had 
  been 
  previously 
  reported, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   cases, 
  after 
  a 
  survey 
  had 
  been 
  made, 
  it 
  was 
  ascertained 
  that 
  no 
  

   trespass 
  had 
  been 
  committed. 
  A 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  of 
  

   a 
  petty 
  nature 
  and 
  for 
  fire 
  wood. 
  

  

  The 
  field 
  force 
  has 
  been 
  particularly 
  active 
  in 
  looking 
  after 
  and 
  

   protecting 
  the 
  State 
  lands. 
  A 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  trespasses 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  this 
  year 
  have 
  been 
  committed 
  in 
  former 
  years. 
  Later 
  in 
  

   this 
  report, 
  under 
  the 
  heading 
  of 
  State 
  Forest 
  Preserve, 
  more 
  will 
  

   be 
  said 
  about 
  this 
  subject. 
  

  

  STATE 
  FOREST 
  PROBLEMS 
  

  

  The 
  land 
  owners 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  realize 
  that 
  the 
  time 
  is 
  already 
  

   at 
  hand 
  when 
  they 
  should 
  give 
  careful 
  consideration 
  to 
  the 
  man- 
  

   agement 
  of 
  their 
  forest 
  property. 
  This 
  office 
  is 
  constantly 
  receiv- 
  

   ing 
  requests 
  for 
  information, 
  both 
  from 
  small 
  and 
  large 
  owners, 
  

   asking 
  how 
  to 
  properly 
  handle 
  their 
  holdings. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  

   this 
  Commission 
  to 
  assist 
  these 
  parties, 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  charged 
  

   with 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  the 
  forestry 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  State,* 
  and 
  

   required 
  to 
  " 
  prepare 
  and 
  distribute 
  tracts 
  giving 
  information 
  on 
  

   the 
  care 
  and 
  renewal 
  of 
  private 
  woodlands." 
  f 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  satisfactorily 
  undertake 
  and 
  pursue 
  this 
  work 
  we 
  

   require 
  definite 
  field 
  studies 
  showing 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  growth 
  of 
  various 
  

  

  * 
  Section 
  4, 
  chapter 
  24, 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1909. 
  

   t 
  Section 
  40, 
  chapter 
  24, 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1009 
  

  

  