76 PRACTICAL FORESTRY IN THE ADIRONDACKS. 
selected for seeding purposes were cut for skids, and a large amount 
of young Spruce timber was cut for corduroy, leveling roads, bridges, 
etc. (Pl. XX.) Back from the lumber roads, however, the forest was 
left in excellent condition, and the difference in land lumbered before 
and after the marking began was very noticeable. 
AMOUNT OF TIMBER REMOVED. 
The following table shows the number of logs cut on the Whitney 
Preserve during the season 1898-99 : 
| 
Spruce. | Pine. 
Locality. = ] = 
| Number | | Number ates 
of pieces. | Standards. | of pieces. Standards. | 
Little Forked Lake.......---.--- | 49,016 | 13,962.55 | 4,141] 3, 420.85 
Round. Pond ss5o52 9. 3252 5 ae | 81,672 | 23, 965. 87 | 5, 059 4,405.21 | 
ShimyP ONG soe esse ese eee eee 70,344 | 21,310.94 | 4,870 | 3,982.61 | 
ithe Lupper Wakes = =. 5-s-s--= | 48,323 | 12,757.56 4, 858 3,910.32 | 
JEG WIRD aa snassancossecosescace 22,384 | 7,319.07 | 1, 548 1,246.80 | 
LOtalsssads cere nee esc sscseee 266,739 | 79,415.99 ; 20,506 | 16, 965.79 | 
Per acre on 5,452 acres...--.----- 48.9 | 14.6 san 3.1 | 
THE SECOND YEAR’S WORK. 
At the writing of this report the second year’s lumbering had already 
been begun both in Nehasane Park and in the Whitney Preserve, with 
every indication that the work of forestry would meet with complete 
success. The first year’s work was unsatisfactory chiefly because the 
lumbermen cut high stumps and wasted small Spruce in lumber opera- 
tions. In order to remedy these faults the rules given below have been 
adopted for the lumbering during the present season. A competent 
inspector has been appointed for each tract to watch the work of the 
lumbermen and to see that the regulations are complied with. Before 
sending this report to the press the writer made an inspection of the 
lumbering in Nehasane Park and found that the stumps were being cut 
well within the limit given in Rule 5 and in many eases lower; that 
practically no Spruce at all was being used in leveling roads; that no 
Spruce was being used for skids except when really necessary, and that 
in other respects the rules were being observed to the writer’s entire 
satisfaction. 
RULES FOR LUMBERING DURING SEASON OF 1899. 
(1) No trees shall be cut which are not marked. 
(2) All trees marked shall be cut, unless a satisfactory reason can be 
given for leaving them. 
(3) No trees shall be left lodged in the woods, and none shall be over- 
looked by the skidders or teamsters. 
