The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-23
WORK OF Requesting
RAPIDLY PROCEEDING
Even the State of New York.
Is Aiding in Pushing the
Work.
EASTERN STATES LEADING
Pennsylvania Already Has Purchased
100000 Acres and Aims to Create
a Reserve of 100000 Acres
Indiana Has 1000 Acres.
From Appleton's Maeaz;ne

From Appleton's Magazine.
New YORK state is proceeding along lines
which are in a measure contradictory la
the preservation of its forests. The law
provides for a forest preserve consisting
of all lands owned or hereafter acquired
by the state in the counties which cover
the Catskills and the Adirondacks, except
ing lands within the limits of a city or vii
iage. The acreage of the forest preserve is
of course uncertain. Within the area Of
ehe Adirondack preserve, however, the
state has laid out the Adirondack park,
-nclosed by blue line" containing {, 475.O COO
acres, of which the state now owns up
ward of ] 300. COO acres. A similar park con-
tanning 576,12o acres has been laid out with
in the Catskill preserve. The state has
power to acquire land IN these parks by
condemnation, so that, unless the law IL
changed, it will eventually possess them
entire. Its holdings are now divided into
more IMAM 500 separate parcels.
New York to Front.
New York state has three nurseries in
the North Woods, where seedlings are
grown for transplanting to tracts which
have been devastated. Much of the work.
mat Is row being done IS experimental
Only experience can demonstrate what
species are best adapted to given con0i-
tons, and how the best results NAV lie
obtained. A plantation of Scotch and
white pine and Norway spruce was made
IN 1901 in the Catskill preserve, and the
young trees are doing we'll. In the fol-
lowing year 100000 conifers of various spe-
cies We're set out in the Adirondacks. 9th
er plantations have been made since theap
with good results. Another class of ex-
perimcnts involves gathering cones, OBJ
tanning the seed from them, and sowing il
denuded tracts. So far as obserya-
ton has gone, this method also has been
successful.
owners of private tracts in the Adiron-
dacks, the railways, and even the pulp
mill proprietors, following tue example OF
the state, have started nurseries with the
intention of rcforesting their lands. The.
progress OF the work is being closely OBJ
served by other state and there is a good
prospect that within a few years a begin
n-ng VIII have been made in repairing the
p~rodigal.ty of the destroyers. nrov,dtss
can be held at bay.
Carelessness of Corporations.
No attempt is being made in this coua-
try to regulate the cutting of timber uuss,,
forest lands owned by corporations or is,-
dlN-dGaiS, but Il movement for the prcSer-
vation on public land is taking definite,
shape in many of the states. Pennsylvf,-
MA has already purchased 10000 acres OF
49, Ai1siS, an diitis5 L u create a STA Ss
preserve of 100000 acres. The state has
planted seventy acres, and has cstah-.
lished a school of scientific forestry. Mich
gan has created a preserve of 1900 acres
The state owns 6,G1, CG0 acres of forest
and acquired in tax sales, and an ag.tf-
loh mas peea begun to have at least q part
of th.s set ASIDE as q state preserve. ln-
mana mas a preserve of 1000 acres. WIS
sonsln last year created q preserve OF aSs.-
~ acres, and placed it in charge of a sta ,t.
lofes1ry board. Minnesota has a preserve
Dt 2G,OCo acres granted 10 It by the ma
-lonal government, and IS trying to have.
me grant increased. Massachusetts
Maine. New Hampshire, Maryland. West
Virginia, Alabama and Texas are taking
III interest In the work. and the nat onaA
government is aiding where it can by dis
serninating Information. But IN the b,s-
of our forest resources we nave
stu nearly everything to iearn-and most
d. a.! patience.