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[Dec. 31, 1910. 
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had hold of, so that the water did not even cover 
its body. Grasping the situation, I put a strain 
on the rod and fairly lugged the trout, kicking 
and splashing, over the weed bed into clear 
water. Unluckily for the trout, the weed it had 
seized was a brown and rotten one, which gave 
way at once under the strain; but the fish 
brought it along in its mouth, for all the world 
like a retriever dog, and fast to it until it was 
netted. Such a strange occurrence never took 
place in my ken during all my lengthy experi¬ 
ence of the ways of chalk-stream trout. It was 
a noteworthy fact that every trout that rose 
that day whose head was away from the sun at 
the moment of rising was well hooked, whereas 
none of the eight that rose facing the glare 
were touched by the hook at all. Had this fact 
been grasped in sufficient time it might have 
been possible to manipulate the fly to pass on 
the side of the trout away from the sun, but it 
was not til' late in the proceedings that the 
thought occurred to me. After the last capture 
there was but a short time before it was neces¬ 
sary to leave off fishing in order to catch the 
afternoon train, and no further opportunity of 
testing the theory presented itself that after-, 
noon. 
REFORESTING. 
The Forest, Fish and Game Commission has 
just issued Bulletin No. 2. entitled “Reforest¬ 
ing,” prepared by C. R. Pettis, Superintendent 
State Forests, who has not only written pam¬ 
phlets on this subject for this State, but also 
for the United States Department of Agricul¬ 
ture. This publication is full of information 
relative to reforesting lands or growing wood 
crops. It gives detailed information in regard 
to securing planting material, how to do the 
planting, kind of trees to plant, and an idea 
of the results that may be expected. This pub¬ 
lication will be sent to any owner of land within 
the State, who is interested in the subject, 
upon application to the Superintendent of State 
Forests, Albany, N. Y. 
To our fathers and the older ' generations, 
planting trees to grow lumber or wood seems 
almost ridiculous, because most of them can 
remember when there was in this section so 
much forest, that it had to be cut down, rolled 
into heaps and burned, in order that they might 
make their settlement, clear their land to se¬ 
cure soil for raising their necessary food crops 
and establish themselves. But when we look 
around to-day and realize how little good lum¬ 
ber there is left in our forests, and how slow 
and wasteful nature is in growing another crop, 
it is necessary that we take some means to pre¬ 
pare for the future and at the same time, utilize 
the thousands upon thousands of acres of land 
that are idle, and the sunshine which falls upon 
that land, making it useful and able to fulfill 
its purposes. 
The importance of reforesting has become 
so apparent that our largest paper and pulp 
companies are planting trees to grow material 
tor their mills. The lumber companies are 
doing the same thing in order to secure a 
future lumber supply. The small farmers are 
planting the idle acres upon their farms as an 
investment. The city, town and commercial 
water companies are setting trees over their 
watershed to make the future water supply 
more equitable and insure its permanence. 
The necessity for planting is easily seen, 
when we ask our forefathers as to the quantity 
of standing timber that stood on these hills 
and in these valleys a century ago and then 
compare it with what is here to-day and add 
to the prospective value of the small growth. 
The great natural heritage, which the early 
settlers found, has entirely disappeared from 
our Eastern States. In 1865 New York State 
cut more timber than any other State, but now 
it is eighteenth on the list, and the State of 
Washington is first. Thus we can see how in 
forty-five years the source of the bulk of the 
lumber cut in this country has removed from 
one ocean to the other, and who can say where 
the supply will come from forty-five years 
hence? We are. in this country to-day, con¬ 
suming lumber three times as fast as it is. 
