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cut by the people of the vicinity^ and hauled away. The Department 

 received |0.50 per cord on the stump. Here the young sprouts are 

 again taking hold and making a good start. 



On lands of type A, where we have the mature and over-mature 

 stuff, the question of the immediate advancement of this work hinges 

 on the fact that these lands have ceased to increase in value by 

 reason of any wood increment; but are either at a standstill or are 

 going back. Just as soon as stock ceases to increase in value it is 

 ripe for cutting, and where it has started to go back or depreciate in 

 value it should be cut at once. Why not reap the crop while it will 

 give us the highest returns, and give the second growth the advantage 

 of that much start ? 



Again we have to go to the Mont Alto division for an example of 

 this phase. On the Guilford tract near Pondtown there was a mature 

 stand of oak and chestnut. Under the supervision of a forester this 

 wasL cut off. It yielded the State about |1,400.00 clear profit. And 

 here the sprouts are already starting, although this was cut over only 

 during the spring and summer of 1907. 



On the Caledonia division of the same reserve there are several 

 stands which are about ready for cutting, and should be cut within 

 the next few years. But so long as a stand is not really going back, 

 it will perhaps be better to expend all our efforts upon those areas 

 which are in greater need of improvement. 



The financial side has this to be said in its favor, that by deriving 

 a return from the lands we will be meeting the popular demand for 

 some visible sign of what this business will amount to. 



There is still another phase to this subject, which, while it may not 

 appeal very strongly to the forester, has a decided hold on the minds 

 of the people. This is the aesthetic value of the forests. One of the 

 popular ideas of forestry is that we are working toward the creation 

 and maintenance of forests as parks and outing places for the people. 

 As we are to a greater or less extent working for the interests of the 

 people, we should recognize this public demand so far as is compatible 

 with the best interests of the forest. 



When we come to look at the two extremes of forest land, and 

 scrub oak barrens of Pike county or the stripped hillsides of Tioga 

 county on one hand; and the cathedral pines of Mont Alto or the 

 hard-wood grove on the road between Caledonia and the Sanatorium 

 on the other, we will all agree that there is a great deal of good in 

 the idea of developing the aesthetic beauty of the forests. There is 

 a necessity at this time to get the work before the public. We must 

 show that we are doing something real. Where will we find anything 

 so likely to attract attention as the fact that an agency has been at 

 work removing some of the eye-sores which exist along the public 

 roads? A well regulated forest, without a tangle of old logs and 



