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which would still, it is expected, make between 2 and 3 per cent, interest rate on the 

 investment. 



While it is intended to manage the property for the demonstration of financial 

 results as well as silvicultural methods, it will of course be necessary to do many 

 things for demonstration only which in a " business " forest would be left undone. 



Character of tl)e Property. 



The area purchased is located in Franklin county, comprising the west half of 

 Township 23, with a small parcel of 300 acres in the southeast corner of the town- 



CAMP FORESTERS. 



ship and so much of Township 26 east of the Raquette River as is necessary to make 

 up the 30,000 acres. 



The location appears in every respect to be as satisfactory as could be found, 

 both as to physical and forest conditions and as to market facilities. The proximity 

 of Tupper Lake, with its mills and two railroad terminals, promises favorable market 

 conditions for most of the materials which will have to be disposed of. 



The western boundary is only three miles from Tupper Lake station, and the 

 Adirondack and St. Lawrence railway nearly touches the northwestern corner. The 

 center of the property is approximately at Axton, thirteen miles from Tupper Lake, 

 and is reached by a good country road, or else is twenty-two miles by the navigable 



