92 Second Ankttal Report of the 



Miscellaneous Materials. 



Round wood for alcohol, excelsior, cooper- 

 age, kilns, etc 235,091 cords 



Shingles ' 30,301,275 pieces 



Lath 41,685,150 pieces 



Heading 20,785,484 pieces 



Staves 54,801,951 pieces 



Railroad ties 1,335,831 pieces 



Posts 393,574 pieces 



Poles 49,936 pieces 



Practical Forestry. 



There has during the year been a marked advance in regard 

 to the application and practice of forestry in this State. Not only 

 has the work of reforesting been greatly extended, and the sale of 

 trees decidedly increased, but large acreages of private holdings 

 have been examined with a view to better management, and State 

 institutions are already practising forestry on large areas of their 

 forest lands. The various matters will be discussed further in 

 this report under proper headings. 



REFORESTIXG. 



This branch of our work has increased very rapidly during the 

 past few years. It requires the undivided attention of one for- 

 ester. The operations consist of nursery work, reforesting the 

 Forest Preserve, planting lands of various State institutions and 

 sale of trees to private parties. 



Nurseries. 



During the past year, two new nurseries have been established, 

 one of five acres on the lands of the Great Meadows Prison at 

 Comstock. Work was commenced at this nursery last winter, and 

 convict labor has been used entirely, except for the services of 

 an experienced foreman. The winter work consisted in building 

 six hundred seed bed boxes, which enabled us to increase the 

 annual capacity of the nurseries from approximately six million 

 to twelve million trees per year. This nursery will be extended 



