New-York tribune., 1902-08-10

nurseries great success and more than paw
seed by birds. The sale to the State included so
5rae rs P 4 VaTying n age from TWO TO
white pine from three 70 four years old al from
80 en- - a u4SusaRu, ana -9ev Douglass
III a. y sll0as4Ia me aie School OF Forestry
School also
On the preserve this spring the students cleaned
up SIX ana one-half acres leaving some young
pines and naples for shade, and planted the acre
acre. Several other acres were also planted by
men hlFeC by the scnool. L has been found that
trees just planted one Of the best examples OF
there are forty acres Of larch Scotch pine and
Of eighteen inches There are other examples OF
planting along the Upper Lake road in the Vi
In addition to the tFees planted last spring the
memorials a fine tTaii ana "a new bridge
Lumbering was one Of New-York States great
nve years il VIII be practically ended in that
TL1e the private IanGs VIII have been cut over.
terestS under these conditions only De imagined.
OF the time when lumber will be even harder to get
than now. Hemlock was sold in the Adirondacks
a thousand feet SprIca commands from SIS to S2l
but il Is immature There is not an active market
that the great demand for spruce and hemlock,
the former for pulp wood ana the latter I9r IHoer
10 take Its place, will soon compel heIhlgeh 70 Iahe
the foremost place material for sheathlns ouild-
have been used Birch and maple conlIildIo from IN
$50 So = thousand feet and black cherry 80 10
SIC1 Experienced lunbermen, judging from the
present outlook believe that in a Few years 70
come the well timDered hardwood tract VIII De
fully as valua bic as the conlfers are to-day. Con-
cerning the destruction of the present harqWood
forests they say the loss Of hardwood mas 4
greater effect upon the water dow tlan tL-~ loss
Of the cOuifers- They claim that the coIiI5FS 90
throw : much shade as the oToad edFei
trees which protect the earth from tle hot rays rays
OF the sun in the summer. They hold the moisture
longer claimed. and summer. when Jle ior-
ests IN their greatest danger from forest nFeS,
the hardwood trees in fun leaf. Inls great
feature of the hardwood tree mas the greatest n
IiuenCe in regulating the water now
The constitution Of the State governing the
Adirondack Park provides first for recreation,
hunting and fishing second Tor the preservation
and protection OF the headwaters of the streams
third. 4 health resort. ana fourth. as q tnlpeT
lenJaI. and may be taken that II should not
interfere with the other conditions. The question
arises Of whether il is be q uti3itaTlan forest.
where the soil viii be kept in suitable condition
aid active reproduction and 10 cut the lTnper
natures preserving the lumber and the
paper industries. whether IL Is TO be a forest
for numbering operations Of the present and hunt
ing ground. the neglect OF the retorest-
ing OF the region. IN the latter event the lumber
men VIII have remove 10 other localities, the
lagos upon whose lumber industries depends the
maintenance Of the people, VIII be deserted neCeS
sarily. The region viii likely then become the pre-
serve OF the wealthy people. and even now he
things for the support Of which contributes
annually through the budget.
In the Adirondack Park the health question
should he considered with importance equal 10
that Of numbering. The region Is OF the great
est in the world for consumptives and the queston