Conservation Commission. 



95 



accompanying table is a statement of the Forest Preserve land 

 which has been reforested. It will be noted that out of the 

 3,334 acres which have been planted, 1,353 acres were set out 

 this year: 



Forest Preserve Land Planted with State Stock. 



WATERSHED. 



Acres. 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



Total 







500 







55 



420 



265 

 60 



11 



435 



25 



25 



6 



36 



25 



396 



570 



357 



1,748 



St. Lawrence 







50 



1,131 



Hudson: 







12 







369 





























6 

























6 



















50 







30 



80 





6 



500 



\i 



50 



47£ 



325 



11 



46( 











81 



3( 



25 



1,352 



3,334 



State Institutions. 



Several of the various State institutions have appreciated the 

 importance of reforesting and have been conducting this work for 

 several years. The new Conservation Law permitted this Com- 

 mission to supply trees to State institutions for their use free of 

 charge. This has tended to increase the demand. During the 

 past year about five hundred thousand trees were distributed and 

 used for reforesting these lands. It is estimated that the insti- 

 tutions will require about one-half million trees per year. The 

 past planting has been highly successful, and the managers are 

 much interested inasmuch as a very satisfactory start has been 

 made. 



Private Lands. 



The demand for stock to be used by land owners in reforesting 

 their lands continued to increase. Nearly all of the former 

 planters placed additional orders. There were over one hundred 

 more orders this year than last. This is ample proof of the success 

 of the former plantations and inasmuch as orders are steadily 

 increasing the outlook is very encouraging. The accompanying 

 table indicates the progress which has been made in reforesting 

 during the past years: 



