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  The 
  sites 
  rejected 
  for 
  forest 
  planting 
  at 
  present 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   injurious 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  coke 
  smoke 
  may 
  be 
  reforested 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  

   adjacent 
  coke 
  ovens 
  are 
  abandoned. 
  It 
  was 
  recommended 
  that 
  on 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  sites 
  not 
  subjected 
  continuously 
  to 
  coke 
  smoke, 
  but 
  

   doubtful 
  in 
  character, 
  small 
  test 
  areas 
  be 
  planted 
  now 
  to 
  determine 
  

   definitely 
  the 
  advisability 
  of 
  planting. 
  

  

  The 
  cost 
  of 
  carrying 
  out 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  Frick 
  planting 
  plan 
  

   will 
  depend 
  upon 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  per 
  thousand 
  and 
  the 
  efficiency 
  

   of 
  the 
  laborers 
  under 
  proper 
  superintendence. 
  Since 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  a 
  

   half 
  million 
  young 
  trees 
  will 
  be 
  required, 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  nur- 
  

   sery 
  by 
  the 
  company 
  was 
  advised. 
  This 
  generally 
  affords 
  a 
  good 
  

   quality 
  of 
  stock 
  and 
  is 
  convenient 
  and 
  economical 
  if 
  the 
  owner 
  can 
  

   secure 
  a 
  capable 
  man 
  to 
  care 
  for 
  the 
  nursery. 
  The 
  larch 
  will 
  require 
  

   two 
  years' 
  growth 
  in 
  nursery 
  beds; 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  will 
  be 
  ready 
  

   for 
  planting 
  after 
  one 
  year's 
  growth. 
  For 
  the 
  Frick 
  plan 
  it 
  was 
  esti- 
  

   mated 
  that 
  the 
  total 
  outlay 
  per 
  acre 
  for 
  forest 
  planting 
  would 
  be 
  

   approximately 
  $10 
  if 
  the 
  seedlings 
  were 
  home 
  grown. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  returns 
  from 
  planted 
  timber 
  on 
  these 
  lands 
  may 
  be 
  

   expected 
  from 
  the 
  quicker 
  growing 
  species. 
  The 
  European 
  larch 
  may 
  

   be 
  cut 
  for 
  mine 
  props 
  between 
  the 
  ages 
  of 
  15 
  and 
  20 
  years. 
  In 
  the 
  

   oak 
  and 
  chestnut 
  plantations 
  moderate 
  returns 
  will 
  be 
  yielded 
  from 
  

   thinnings 
  when 
  the 
  trees 
  are 
  20 
  to 
  25 
  years 
  old, 
  and 
  a 
  final 
  crop 
  will 
  

   be 
  secured 
  from 
  40 
  to 
  60 
  years 
  after 
  planting, 
  when 
  the 
  forest 
  may 
  be 
  

   cut 
  clear 
  for 
  lumber 
  and 
  mine 
  timbers. 
  Exact 
  estimates 
  of 
  yield 
  

   under 
  the 
  conditions 
  in 
  western 
  Pennsylvania 
  are 
  not 
  available, 
  since 
  

   no 
  planted 
  timber 
  of 
  sufficient 
  age 
  exists. 
  It 
  is, 
  however, 
  practically 
  

   assured 
  from 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  planted 
  stands 
  in 
  other 
  States 
  of 
  this 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  region 
  that 
  forest 
  plantations 
  on 
  these 
  sites 
  mil 
  equal 
  the 
  net 
  

   annual 
  income 
  obtained 
  from 
  field 
  crops 
  on 
  fertile 
  agricultural 
  soils 
  in 
  

   this 
  locality. 
  Furthermore, 
  these 
  waste 
  lands 
  on 
  which 
  planting 
  is 
  

   recommended 
  are 
  not 
  capable 
  of 
  yielding 
  any 
  valuable 
  returns 
  except 
  

   in 
  forest. 
  

  

  With 
  a 
  growing 
  forest 
  upon 
  nonagricultural 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  farms 
  

   this 
  company 
  will 
  also 
  realize 
  returns 
  in 
  the 
  increased 
  value 
  of 
  such 
  

   lands, 
  since 
  each 
  farm 
  will 
  be 
  producing 
  both 
  annual 
  field 
  crops 
  and 
  

   a 
  future 
  timber 
  crop. 
  

  

  GENERAL 
  APPLICABILITY 
  OF 
  THE 
  FRICK 
  PLAN. 
  

  

  In 
  its 
  specific 
  recommendations 
  the 
  planting 
  plan 
  for 
  the 
  H. 
  C. 
  

   Frick 
  Coke 
  Company 
  is 
  locally 
  applicable 
  to 
  the 
  Connellsville 
  basin 
  

   in 
  Pennsylvania. 
  In 
  the 
  general 
  principles 
  governing 
  the 
  planting 
  

   this 
  plan 
  applies 
  to 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Appalachian 
  coal 
  field 
  in 
  east- 
  

   ern 
  Ohio 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Allegheny 
  ridges 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  since 
  the 
  

   general 
  conditions 
  of 
  topography 
  and 
  soil 
  are 
  similar 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   region. 
  

  

  