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  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  next 
  generation, 
  it 
  is 
  doubtful 
  if 
  these 
  lands 
  will 
  command 
  prices 
  

   high 
  enough 
  to 
  put 
  forestry 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  question 
  and 
  prevent 
  the 
  

   growing 
  of 
  trees 
  at 
  a 
  profit. 
  With 
  the 
  manufacturing 
  centers 
  close 
  

   at 
  hand 
  and 
  cheap 
  water 
  transportation, 
  a 
  reasonable 
  investment 
  

   either 
  in 
  reforestation, 
  or 
  thinnings 
  should 
  yield 
  a 
  good 
  return. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  stricly 
  economic 
  side 
  of 
  forestry 
  in 
  this 
  region, 
  

   the 
  many 
  hundreds 
  of 
  acres 
  owned 
  by 
  summer 
  residents 
  could 
  be 
  

   put 
  under 
  management 
  with 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  increasing 
  their 
  beauty 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  their 
  productivity. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  however, 
  the 
  chief 
  

   care 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  of 
  owner 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  prevention 
  of 
  fire 
  and 
  

   trespass, 
  and 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  improvement 
  thinnings, 
  etc., 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  

   means 
  prevalent. 
  

  

  Examples 
  of 
  Forestry. 
  — 
  Nevertheless 
  the 
  general 
  sentiment 
  of 
  

   this 
  region 
  regarding 
  forestry 
  is 
  decidedly 
  healthy, 
  although 
  to 
  

   the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  owners, 
  " 
  forestry 
  " 
  is 
  rather 
  a 
  vague 
  term. 
  The 
  

   most 
  striking 
  example 
  of 
  forestry 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  reforestation 
  is 
  the 
  

   systematic 
  planting 
  scheme 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   William 
  H. 
  Faxon 
  of 
  Chestertown 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  twenty-five 
  years. 
  

   Mr. 
  Faxon 
  is 
  an 
  extensive 
  land 
  owner 
  and 
  has 
  made 
  it 
  a 
  custom 
  

   to 
  set 
  out 
  each 
  year 
  anywhere 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  ten 
  thousand 
  trees. 
  

   Photographs 
  and 
  descriptions 
  of 
  two 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Faxon's 
  plantations 
  

   will 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  opposite 
  page. 
  

  

  Another 
  example 
  of 
  foresighted 
  management 
  of 
  pine 
  land 
  is 
  

   that 
  exercised 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Daniel 
  Lynch 
  of 
  Minerva, 
  Essex 
  county 
  

   (a 
  few 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Warren 
  county 
  line). 
  Mr. 
  Lynch 
  owns 
  

   about 
  forty 
  acres 
  of 
  pine 
  land 
  which 
  he 
  cuts 
  over 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  

   time 
  and 
  saws 
  at 
  his 
  own 
  mill. 
  His 
  plan 
  of 
  operation 
  is 
  this 
  : 
  He 
  

   aims 
  to 
  cut 
  no 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  land 
  will 
  grow 
  each 
  year. 
  He 
  selects 
  

   only 
  the 
  mature 
  trees 
  (minimum 
  diameter 
  limit 
  10 
  in.) 
  and 
  sees 
  

   that 
  each 
  tree 
  is 
  closely 
  utilized. 
  Such 
  examples 
  as 
  the 
  two 
  quoted 
  

   above 
  indicate 
  the 
  trend 
  of 
  sentiment 
  concerning 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  true 
  

   forest 
  soil 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  

  

  pine 
  mixture. 
  

   In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  the 
  conditions 
  vary 
  widely, 
  ranging 
  

   from 
  a 
  poplar 
  stand, 
  with 
  pine 
  coming 
  up 
  beneath, 
  to 
  hardwoods 
  

  

  