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to an American forester. It was some experimental plantations of 

 American trees begun some 30 years ago. In these plantations, as they 

 are seen to-day, are fine stands of Douglas fir, Engleman spruce, 

 Western cedar, hemlock, white pine and many other American species! 

 Careful measurement of the annual growth of these trees have been 



A Foeest Macadam Road in a Saxony Forest, showing a fine growth of Spruce on 

 either side near Swartzenberg, Saxony. 



taken. The results are equally interesting and instructive. In 1911 

 the increment per acre, including the branchwood, was, for the Douglas 

 fir, something over two cords, and that of the hemlock was a little more 

 than three cords, while the white pine, which stood the highest on the 

 list, gave a yield of very close to four cords per acre. Whether these 



