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  2 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  However, 
  it 
  occurs 
  mixed 
  with 
  poplar 
  and 
  the 
  hardwoods 
  in 
  vary- 
  

   ing 
  proportions, 
  but 
  unless 
  the 
  pine 
  comprises 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  or 
  more 
  

   (by 
  numbers) 
  of 
  the 
  stand, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  put 
  into 
  another 
  type. 
  

  

  Past 
  Management. 
  — 
  Although 
  the 
  first 
  mill 
  in 
  Warren 
  county 
  was 
  

   erected 
  at 
  Warrensburg 
  in 
  1798, 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  1820 
  that 
  the 
  pine 
  

   industry 
  really 
  got 
  started. 
  With 
  this 
  in 
  full 
  swing, 
  the 
  hemlock 
  

   exploitation 
  began 
  about 
  1846, 
  and 
  from 
  then 
  to 
  i860 
  this 
  county 
  

   was 
  a 
  great 
  tanning, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  pine, 
  center. 
  From 
  that 
  time 
  on 
  the 
  

   cut 
  has 
  been 
  chiefly 
  second 
  growth, 
  though 
  even 
  today 
  occasional 
  

   first 
  growth 
  logs 
  are 
  found 
  at 
  sorting 
  booms. 
  

  

  As 
  has 
  been 
  stated 
  before, 
  the 
  method 
  used 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  culling 
  

   the 
  forest, 
  so 
  that 
  at 
  no 
  time 
  were 
  large 
  areas 
  clear 
  cut 
  to 
  burn 
  

   over 
  and 
  become 
  desolate 
  wastes. 
  The 
  same 
  general 
  method 
  is 
  in 
  

   use 
  to-day. 
  A 
  land 
  owner 
  will 
  sell 
  his 
  pine 
  down 
  to 
  eight 
  inches 
  or 
  

   ten 
  inches 
  at 
  the 
  stump 
  at 
  so 
  much 
  per 
  market 
  standing; 
  or 
  else, 
  if 
  

   he 
  has 
  the 
  time, 
  will 
  contract 
  to 
  deliver 
  so 
  many 
  markets 
  at 
  the 
  river 
  

   bank. 
  This 
  thinning 
  method 
  insures 
  a 
  sufficient 
  number 
  of 
  seed 
  

   trees 
  and, 
  as 
  there 
  are 
  trees 
  still 
  standing, 
  care 
  will 
  be 
  taken 
  that 
  

   fire 
  does 
  not 
  burn 
  over 
  the 
  logged 
  area. 
  

  

  Future 
  Management. 
  — 
  There 
  is 
  one 
  drawback 
  to 
  this 
  scheme, 
  

   however. 
  Pine 
  is 
  not 
  especially 
  tolerant 
  of 
  shade 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  in 
  

   its 
  life 
  and 
  its 
  intolerance 
  increases 
  with 
  age. 
  Thus, 
  an 
  even 
  

   aged 
  system 
  where 
  every 
  tree 
  is 
  competing 
  with 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  own 
  age 
  

   not 
  only 
  insures 
  more 
  rapid 
  growth 
  but 
  also 
  straighter, 
  cleaner 
  

   boles 
  and 
  therefore 
  more 
  valuable 
  lumber. 
  

  

  Three 
  general 
  methods 
  of 
  mangement 
  suggest 
  themselves 
  depend- 
  

   ing 
  on 
  various 
  conditions. 
  The 
  'conditions 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  First: 
  Pure 
  pine 
  comparatively 
  even 
  aged. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  

   timber 
  values 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  have 
  not 
  reached 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  we 
  

   can 
  tie 
  up 
  large 
  sums 
  in 
  thinning 
  stands 
  at 
  an 
  early 
  age; 
  so 
  it 
  will 
  

   be 
  necessary 
  to 
  postpone 
  the 
  cutting 
  of 
  superfluous 
  trees 
  until 
  they 
  

   are 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  pay 
  at 
  least 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  their 
  removal 
  — 
  say 
  

   twenty-five 
  to 
  thirty 
  years. 
  At 
  this 
  time, 
  if 
  the 
  stand 
  is 
  fully 
  

   stocked, 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  anywhere 
  from 
  five 
  to 
  seven 
  hundred 
  trees 
  

   to 
  the 
  acre. 
  The 
  proper 
  plan 
  would 
  be 
  to 
  select 
  about 
  two 
  hun- 
  

  

  