The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-11-07
GREAT ADVANCE IN
State FOREST WORK
Department OF Agriculture Reviews
Progress In Various States.

States made greater advance dur
ing 1905 than ii any previous
year" is the encouraging report of
the Forest Service in reviewing
the principal achievements of the
year in forestry for the Yearbook
OF the Department of Agriculture.
"More than 20 States now have
forest officers, and 10 have State
forest reservations. In 5 States
Connecticut, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Michigan aud Wisconsin
the removal of mature timber
from State forest lands is now per-
mitted, a provision which is fun
damental principle of forestry.
The Delaware State Expert
mental Station, in cooperation
with the Forest Service, has made
study of forest conditions on
which to base recommendations
for State forest policy and plans
of management for different stands
Of timber and different classes of
land.
ION July I a forester was ap-
pointed by the newly created Mary
land board of forestry. A portion
of the autumn was spent in max
ing a reconnaissance of the forest
lands of the State.
"a State fire warden and 70
township wardens have been ap-
pointed in New Jersey under the'
law which became effective July I,
1906. The fall season was remark
ably exempt from serious fires, At
the beginning of the year 1907
State forester was appointed, who
will give assistance to private
landowners, give course of instruc-
ton to teachers, and cooperate
with the State fire warden and
with the Forest Park Reservation
Commission.
within the boundary of the
Catskin Preserve in New York
there are 92,7o8 acres Of State
lands and 483,4I2 acres privately
owned; the total area of the Adj
rondack Preserve is 3,3I3,564
acres, of which the State now owns
$50 acres.
Under the law of 1905 the SUI
perintendent Of forests was able to
patrol the State preserves efficient
ly during the dry season at small
expense. TO supply stock for
planting i'll the preserves the State
maintains 5 large nurseries for
conifers in Franklin County and
for hardwoods in Ulster County,
in the Catskill, The three Adj
rondack nurseries combined have a
capacity Of million 3-year-old
transplants per annum. One of
these, the Saranac Inn Nursery,
established by the State in 1905
and the others, Axton and Waw-
beck, were first established by the
Cornell College Of Forestry and
were placed in charge of the State
forest commission in the spring of
1906. Five plantations, embrac-
ing an area of 1900 acres, have
been planted. In 1905 and 1906,
so acres of pines and spruces were
planted by the seed-spot method
with encouraging results Broad
cast sowing last March of white
pine, red spruce, and balsam was
not satisfactory. An interesting
experiment is being conducted
with 5 pecies of Siberian conifers
pines, fir, and larch-to deter
mine their fitness for planting in
the North Woods.
The State nurseries of Penn
sylvania were doubled in size in
1906 and now comprise 6 acres at
Mont Alto, the location of the State
forestry academy, 3 acres in Tioga
County, and 3 acres in Hunting
don County. Last spring 100. 900
white pine seedlings were set out,
and 400 pounds of white pine seed
is to be planted this spring. For
the two years beginning June I,
1907, the Legislature appropriated
5000, 900 for the purchase of forest
lands, and $4,000 for the exami-