The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-20
PRACTICAL FORESTRY;


ICALzFOREsTRY.
a most Interesting report is that Of:
Clifford Pinchot forester Of the Bureau
of Forestry, at flashing ton, which, by.
the way, is q very important branch Of
the federal government. The report
sfor the fiscal year ending June. both,
1901, and it goes into the matter Of
forest cultivation, preservation and
reserve in q way that reveals great
work that is being done through the
assistance of the government to culti-
vate the forests of the country and to
preserve those that we have, and to
put them in such shape as will make
them of value in years to come.
The Bureau of Forestry is called
upon to give practical assistance and
advice in the management of national,
State and private forests of about 5O,-
OOO, 600 of acres, an area larger than
that covered by the State Of Nebraska.
The bureau is a branch of the agricul-
tural department. of the government,
and the cultivation and preservation
OF forests is looked upon as just as i'm
portant as the cultivation of the pro-
ducts of the farm, the raising of live
stock, etc.. In fact, Intelligent forestry
in practical sense is question that
may we'll be considered with all
seriousness, as the matter of water
supply and timber supply in the years
to come will be very Important ques-
tion. It really is to-day, though so
many give little thought to the matter.
Since October, 1898, the bureau has
given assistance in the management of
nearly 100000 acres of private lands.
In cooperating with farmers, lumber
men and others in the management of
forest lands, the bureau has done so in
order to create practical examples of
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conservative management of private
forest lands. During the past year the
report says that fourteen timber tracts,
representing nearly 100000 acres, were
examined and working plans made for
the development of the growth of the
timber and the cutting of such por-
tions of the same as are fit for the ak.
One of these tracts was 100000 acres of
timber land, the property of the Sawyer
& Austin Lumber Co., of Arkansas,
which tract it is said is favorable for
practical forestry. A detailed work
ing plan was also made for the Deering
Harvester Co., which owns a $4,000
acre tract of timber land in Missouri.
This forest is made up of some excel
lent hard timber, but is interspersed
with trees of very little commercial
value, and how to foster by cutting the
reproduction of the hard woods, is a
subject that the bureau is looking into.
Here is a firm, that uses in it's business
q vast amount of hard wood timber,
and it readily sees that unless some
means are adopted to preserve the
hard wood timber land by reproduce
ton, it will only be a short time before
there will be no good hard timber for
their business. Another tract that was
gone over by the bureau was one in
Massachusetts of 1900 acres, consist
ing wholly of second growth timber
from s15 to 40 years old. The first
growth had been all cut and it was the
object of the bureau to ascertain to
what extent the cutting away of I'M
promising and malformed trees would
improve the growth of the merchant
able trees, and working plans on a
TRACT of this character were made for
the: owner. up in Maine, located on
the Penobscot river, near Moosehead
and Chesuncook lakes, is a forest tract
of $4,000 acres, owned by the Great
Northern Paper Co. The forest is
composed chiefly of spruce and fur,
with a varying mixture of hard woods.
The bureau is at work on getting
system of working plans for this big
tract of timber. - u
The bureau has made working plans
for umbering much Of the timber
located on the New York State Forest
Preserve, most Of which is located in
the Adirondack mountains. Any one
interested in practical forestry should
send for bulletin No. 80, issued by the
bureau. This bulletin gives in, most
elaborate manner the working plan for
township 40, in Hamilton county, N.
Y, which is in the New York State