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in other parts of the country. But numerous small tracts in the 

 East and South are now fairly well protected at moderate cost, and 

 the owners report satisfactory recuperation and reproductions on the 

 protected areas. A case worth special mention is that of an owner 

 in the south-central region, a cooperator with the Forest Service, 

 who is apply mg a working plan in the management of large holdings. 

 Difficulty was found in keeping fires out of the cut-over land, owing 

 to the carelessness of neighboring settlers. An experiment was 

 therefore made by the o^vner. A tract of 1,000 acres was set aside 

 and given special j^rotection. Fires have been kept out of this tract 

 for five years, and the owner finds that full reproduction is now the 

 reward of his efforts. Where the business wisdom of protecting a 

 large tract is in doubt, such a test may well be tried. It is not costly, 

 and the results speak for themselves. In most cases an object lesson 

 of this sort, driving home the truth about fire protection, will con- 

 vince the forest owner that he can not afford fires. 



At Corbin Park, in central New Hampshire, some 17,000 acres of 

 forest have been carefully lumbered on the selection plan for -Q.Ye 

 years, in accordance with a working plan made by the Forest Service. 

 The park is intended mainly for a game preserve, and all forest work 

 is arranged with respect to its effect upon the game. Nevertheless, 

 the revenue derived from the sale of live game and of forest products 

 more than covers the expense of management and yields a satisfac- 

 tory profit on the investment, while the future forest crop is steadily 

 coming on. 



On one of the larger private estates on the Hudson forestry is weU 

 practiced. The property, which embraces 1,000 acres, has about 

 300 acres under forest, from which cordwood from improvement cut- 

 tings sells well in the local market. Good roads and the easy accessi- 

 bility of the tract make it possible to handle the forest in this way as 

 profitably as if large clear felHngs were made, so that the maximum 

 financial yield is secured with the minimum of disturbance to forest 

 conditions. Where the stand is sparse planting is done, and the 

 stock is raised in a forest nursery upon the estate. This is another 

 example of what can be done by forestry. The methods employed 

 and the results secured are of great educational value to the whole 

 comnmnity, where many opportunities of similar management ofler. 



That good management pays is strikingly shown by the experi- 

 ence of the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn. In 1900 the 

 university undertook to manage its 7,000 acres of forest in accord- 

 ance with recommendations made by the Forest Service. Imme- 

 diate financial returns were desired, while expenditures for improve- 

 ment were not permitted. In 1899 the university had considered 



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