The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-10-19
Management OF Woodlands on
Country Gstatss.
onJrcr LESSONS A. Coon ExAnrIss N
FogrsrRy.

0RJfcr LESSONS Al Coon ExAnrIss N
/ FoRrsrRy.
At Hyde Park on the Hadson, come eish
~ miles north II New York CITY. too gen
tiemen have called 10 the aid Of forestry Ia
the management Of their large private a.
tates. Forcsiers are engaged In making Z
working plan for the guidance Of the own.
ere, and this ~iIl soon be completed ard
put In operation, and viii later be print.
I'd.
The estates belong to Mr. A. Rogers and
Mr. y. 4 Huyicr. aud eonsis, Of about l 900
acres each, Of which from $50 to 800 acres
are under forest. The o~ntrs are deslrous
Of managing their woodlands on right prin.
clples, both for their own satisfaction and
to help along the cause Of forestry by good
example. They agreed to deiray the ex-
penses making the woI king plan II the For
est Service would furnish the expert knowi-
edge, and the Forest Service, which has
long successfully co-operatcd IL this way,
agreed, after an agent hsa made . report,
TO contribute the services Of number Of
foresters.
hoat Of the cooperative work Of the For.
est Service with owners Of large timber
tracts, or win lumbermen, has had CON.
mercial ends 10 view. This work at Hyde
Park, however. marks . fresh forward
stride in the movement toward more In
telligent use Of our woodlands, In that Il 10
undertaken mainly 10 the hope that II may
lead to the practice of ia estrv among pri-
vate owners who are financially indeper-
dent, and whose desire to handle their for
ests for r,vsnue aud Improvement 10 there
fore especially significant and helpful.
The forest consists Of cut-over lands,
with good growth Of such trees ~ oak,
hickory, and chestnut, aud hemlock and
pine In mixture. Tho study, on which .
party Of men from The Forest Service have
been at work since MAY l, will show both
the present stand Of timber and the pro :.
ductive capacity Of the forest for cutting
with view to lasting revenue.
In view Of the special character OF the
problem-the combination Of working plan
with object lesson--the method OF prelIm,.
nary work differs from that hitherto follow
cd 10 most cases, where advice IL given for
owners to follow 10 their own way; for II
10 the owners desire not only to be told,
but also to be shown, how the thinning
should be done. For this purpose areas 10
different stands and different conditions
have been selected, trees 10 these areas have
been marked for thinning, and the thinning
has then been executed on The spot, Thus
. striking Illustration Of the correct prDce-
dure 10 each case has been placed before
the owners eye, Photographs taken i'm.
mediasely before these cuttings, together
with others taken after. give the clearest
guidance for the further performance Of
the work to be recommended in the work
Ing plan.
Such an arrangement as this with the
owners Of private est atts ID Ideal for edu.
cational purposes. In the work done strict
" according to expert direction II offers
the best sort Of objsct lesson, ocular proof
while the attitude of the owners affords the
strongest sort Of encouragement for the
extension into wider and wider circles Of
the practice Of conservative forest man.
agement.