112 Fourth Annual Report of the 



The plantation at Mountain Pond near Paul Smith's, which was 

 commenced in 1905, was increased by planting 100,000 four-year- 

 old white pine during the spring and 530,000 of the various kinds 

 of pine during the fall. 



The Chubb Hill plantation, near Lake Placid, was also enlarged 

 by adding 210,000 trees. This planting was done during Sep- 

 tember and October and the labor performed by twenty-five con- 

 victs from Dannemora prison. The growth of the older portion 

 of this plantation is excellent. During the summer a committee 

 of the Wisconsin Legislature visited this and other of our planta- 

 tions, also the nurseries, and they were greatly impressed with 

 the excellence of the growth and the thrifty appearance of the 

 trees. 



Planting was also commenced on a large tract of denuded land 

 near Childwold in eastern St. Lawrence county. The work was 

 supervised by one of our forest rangers. At this place 400,000 

 four-year white pine transplants were set during the month of 

 September. 



The reforestation of an old burn near the head of the Beaver 

 River flow was commenced. Another ranger set out 25,000 four- 

 year-old Norway spruce at this place. 



There are several thousand acres of denuded State lands in 

 Township 30, T. & C. P., near Aiden Lair in Essex county. The 

 task of reforesting this large area was commenced this fall when 

 we planted 89,000 white pine and Norway spruce. The work was 

 done by twenty-five convicts from Comstock prison. 



Another planting was made in the Adirondacks near Horseshoe 

 Pond about three miles west of Schroon Lake. Ten thousand 

 white pine transplants were set out under the direction of a forest 

 ranger. This is the third plantation in this locality. 



There were three plantings made in the Catskills. Fifteen 

 thousand trees were planted by a forest ranger on Balsam Moun- 

 tain and 12,000 by another ranger near Spruceton, Greene county. 

 The planting of abandoned fields, which are a part of lands ac- 

 quired for the State Fish Hatchery at Dunraven, was continued. 

 About 100 acres were planted in 1908 and 3,000 more trees were 

 planted this year. The latter work was performed by employees 

 of the fish hateherv. 



