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  outright. 
  This 
  insect 
  has 
  been 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  worst 
  enemies 
  of 
  locust 
  

   plantations 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  In 
  the 
  region 
  examined 
  it 
  was 
  

   found 
  causing 
  considerable 
  injury 
  locally 
  in 
  Westmoreland 
  and 
  Alle- 
  

   gheny 
  counties. 
  It 
  is 
  important, 
  therefore, 
  for 
  anyone 
  intending 
  to 
  

   plant 
  locust 
  to 
  investigate 
  carefully 
  the 
  local 
  conditions 
  before 
  final 
  

   decision 
  is 
  made. 
  

  

  Information 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  this 
  insect 
  is 
  furnished 
  in 
  a 
  recent 
  paper 
  

   entitled 
  "The 
  Locust 
  Borer/' 
  by 
  A. 
  D. 
  Hopkins 
  (Bulletin 
  No. 
  58, 
  

   Part 
  I, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology) 
  . 
  

  

  THE 
  FRICK 
  PLANTING 
  PLAN. 
  

  

  THE 
  LAND. 
  

  

  The 
  H. 
  C. 
  Frick 
  Coke 
  Company 
  owns 
  many 
  farms 
  in 
  the 
  Connells- 
  

   ville 
  basin, 
  the 
  great 
  coke 
  district 
  in 
  Westmoreland 
  and 
  Fayette 
  

   counties, 
  Pa. 
  The 
  principal 
  sites 
  considered 
  for 
  planting 
  are 
  located 
  

   in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Scottdale. 
  

  

  The 
  topography 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  succession 
  of 
  hills 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  

   height, 
  1,150 
  to 
  1,200 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level, 
  which 
  rise 
  from 
  75 
  to 
  150 
  

   feet 
  above 
  the 
  intersecting 
  runs 
  and 
  valleys. 
  They 
  are 
  rounded 
  in 
  

   shape 
  and 
  gentle 
  or 
  moderately 
  steep 
  in 
  slope. 
  A 
  half 
  dozen 
  miles 
  

   to 
  the 
  east 
  Chestnut 
  Ridge 
  rises 
  1,000 
  feet 
  higher, 
  and 
  from 
  this 
  

   ridge 
  the 
  locality 
  has 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  plain. 
  

  

  The 
  underlying 
  rock 
  consists 
  principally 
  of 
  shales 
  in 
  which 
  occa- 
  

   sional 
  beds 
  or 
  thin 
  strata 
  of 
  limestone 
  occur. 
  The 
  limestone 
  is 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  found 
  outcropping 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hills. 
  The 
  predomi- 
  

   nant 
  soil 
  is 
  a 
  fertile, 
  stiff 
  clay 
  loam 
  underlain 
  by 
  clay, 
  but 
  varying 
  

   from 
  a 
  clay 
  to 
  a 
  loam. 
  

  

  In 
  general 
  the 
  lower 
  slopes 
  and 
  runs 
  have 
  a 
  deep 
  fertile 
  soil 
  of 
  slow 
  

   drainage 
  which 
  formerly 
  supported 
  a 
  nearly 
  pure 
  growth 
  of 
  white 
  

   oak 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  percentage 
  of 
  shagbark 
  hickory, 
  white 
  ash, 
  red 
  oak, 
  

   yellow 
  poplar, 
  maple, 
  etc. 
  Along 
  the 
  streams 
  this 
  forest 
  type 
  included 
  

   walnut, 
  black 
  ash, 
  beech, 
  and 
  basswood. 
  The 
  hilltops 
  have 
  a 
  thin, 
  

   quickly 
  drained, 
  less 
  fertile 
  soil. 
  Here 
  chestnut 
  oak 
  was 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   dominant 
  tree, 
  with 
  red 
  oak, 
  black 
  oak, 
  chestnut, 
  and 
  red 
  maple 
  the 
  

   principal 
  species 
  in 
  mixture. 
  The 
  intermediate 
  situations 
  usually 
  

   bore 
  either 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  types 
  of 
  forest 
  or 
  a 
  combination 
  of 
  both. 
  

   The 
  depth 
  and 
  physical 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  the 
  steepness 
  of 
  the 
  

   slope 
  were 
  the 
  factors 
  which 
  determined 
  the 
  character 
  and 
  composi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  forest. 
  

  

  The 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  company 
  in 
  undertaking 
  forest 
  planting 
  is 
  to 
  

   utilize 
  to 
  better 
  advantage 
  the 
  sterile 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  farm 
  land 
  or 
  those 
  

   much 
  dotted 
  by 
  sink 
  holes. 
  It 
  is 
  expected 
  to 
  grow 
  timber 
  trees 
  of 
  

   permanent 
  worth 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  land; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   desired, 
  if 
  possible, 
  to 
  plant 
  some 
  early 
  maturing 
  species 
  which 
  will 
  

   furnish 
  pit 
  props 
  for 
  the 
  mines 
  within 
  a 
  short 
  period. 
  The 
  recom- 
  

  

  