40 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN NO. 484. 
The products of the first cutting will be chestnut posts, worth 10 
to 40 cents each, and cordwood, about 10 cords per acre, worth $4 
per cord on the lot. In addition there will be about 3 cords of 
poor cordwood which is unsalable in the region. Unless the owner 
can use it himself, it would be cheaper to burn the limbs and tops as 
the cutting proceeds than to pay for cutting and piling this low- 
grade cordwood and then let it rot in the woods. The products of 
the second cutting will be chestnut of sizes suitable for poles, piles, 
lumber, ties, and posts, a few oak ties and some good cordwood. 
The cost of the first cutting will be about $40 an acre, which should 
be slightly less than the amount realized from the sale of the prod- 
ucts. The cost of the second cutting will, of course, depend upon 
conditions at that time, about 20 years hence, but the value of the 
products to be expected should yield a small profit. It is not likely 
that the net profit of the first cutting will be sufficient to cover the 
cost of the cleanings recommended. If these are made the cost 
should be considered as a premium for insurance against damage by 
the gipsy moth. 
By concentrating our attention upon the gipsy-moth problem we 
are in danger of forgetting the chestnut-bark disease and the whéte- 
pine blister rust, both also imported from abroad and perhaps even 
more difficult to control. The chestnut-bark disease is present on the 
lot now under consideration and generally wherever chestnut is 
found throughout the region infested by the gipsy moth. On the lot 
now in question and others like it, where a large percentage of 
chestnut is present and the control of the gipsy moth is the im- 
mediate problem, it is believed to be wiser to use the chestnut as 
long as it lasts rather than to attempt the expensive experiment of 
a radical conversion of the whole stand to white pine, with the risk 
of fire, blister rust, and white-pine weevil. Where chestnut does not 
occur, as in the stands previously considered, these risks may be 
necessary. Here they are not. 
STAND AT AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS. 
THE MANAGEMENT OF A TYPICAL STAND OF OLD-FIELD GROWTH OF PINE AND MIXED 
HARDWOODS WITH ONE-TWENTIETH WHITE OAK. 
This lot, used as a pasture until 15 years ago, contained 19 species 
of trees on 4.2 acres, but 95 per cent of the whole number consisted 
of the following eight species, in the proportions indicated : 
Per cent. Per cent. 
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