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  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Inasmuch 
  as 
  a 
  close 
  stand 
  is 
  less 
  liable 
  to 
  weevil 
  attacks, 
  the 
  best 
  

   course 
  to 
  pursue 
  would 
  be 
  to 
  bend 
  every 
  effort 
  toward 
  getting 
  a 
  

   full 
  stand 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  Concerning 
  the 
  leaf 
  blight 
  little 
  definite 
  advice 
  can 
  be 
  given. 
  

   While 
  undoubtedly 
  many 
  trees 
  have 
  died 
  from 
  this 
  fungus 
  disease, 
  

   it 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  advisable 
  to 
  thin 
  out 
  the 
  trees 
  until 
  they 
  are 
  

   actually 
  dead, 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  chance 
  for 
  recovery. 
  

  

  Other 
  minor 
  enemies 
  are 
  found, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  elm 
  leaf 
  beetle, 
  

   maple 
  borer, 
  etc., 
  but 
  the 
  actual 
  amount 
  of 
  damage 
  they 
  do 
  to 
  

   forest 
  growth 
  is 
  very 
  slight. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  one, 
  however, 
  viz., 
  the 
  hedge 
  hog, 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  

   playing 
  havoc 
  with 
  young 
  hemlock. 
  Some 
  landowners 
  claim 
  that 
  

   the 
  question 
  is 
  so 
  serious 
  that 
  a 
  bounty 
  should 
  be 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  por- 
  

   cupine 
  to 
  save 
  the 
  coming 
  generation 
  of 
  this 
  tree. 
  

  

  Concerning 
  damage 
  by 
  fire: 
  this 
  subject 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  dis- 
  

   cussed 
  above. 
  It 
  is 
  hardly 
  necessary 
  to 
  say 
  further 
  that 
  this 
  enor- 
  

   mous 
  loss 
  could 
  be 
  entirely 
  avoided, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  greatly 
  diminished, 
  

   by 
  the 
  exercise 
  of 
  proper 
  precautions 
  by 
  railroads, 
  etc., 
  on 
  the 
  one 
  

   hand, 
  and 
  by 
  every 
  person 
  going 
  into 
  the 
  woods 
  on 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  GROWTH 
  STUDIES 
  AND 
  UTILIZATION 
  

  

  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  limited 
  time 
  and 
  funds 
  available 
  no 
  growth 
  

   studies 
  were 
  made, 
  nor 
  was 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  secure 
  desired 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  method 
  of 
  utilization. 
  These 
  facts, 
  

   together 
  with 
  growth 
  studies, 
  should 
  be 
  secured. 
  

  

  OWNERSHIP 
  AND 
  VALUES 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  552,000 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  Warren 
  county 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  the 
  

   largest 
  owner, 
  holding 
  125,000 
  acres 
  or 
  about 
  24 
  per 
  cent. 
  

  

  The 
  private 
  holdings 
  range 
  in 
  size 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  acres 
  to 
  several 
  

   thousand, 
  with 
  lots 
  of 
  160 
  acres 
  as 
  the 
  average. 
  Values 
  of 
  land 
  

   range 
  from 
  $5 
  to 
  $20 
  per 
  acre 
  for 
  the 
  average 
  farm 
  land, 
  while 
  

   for 
  timber 
  properties 
  anywhere 
  from 
  $1 
  to 
  $100 
  per 
  acre 
  is 
  quoted, 
  

   depending 
  on 
  the 
  contents. 
  One 
  tract 
  of 
  pine 
  land 
  containing 
  

   40 
  acres, 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Bolton, 
  was 
  bought 
  for 
  $10,000 
  

  

  