Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-28
TIMER SLAUGHTER.



one can hardly repress shudder IN
reading an item like the following from
sary roads Kennett and Potter expect
kennett and Potter Of Conway, n. H.,
who purchased a large lumber tract in
this town of II. r. Brown and Lowell
Adams about year ago, are here maxi
ing arrangements TO clear off the timber.
They have leased several acres ON the
west end of Thompsons place on which
to erect a mill. II. j. Stearns has taken
the contract to cut and get the logs to
the mill, and is now building the neces-
sary roads. kennett and Porter expect
to have the mill running by the time
snow falls.
The spectacle Of this enterprisinz firm
firmly ana vigorously attacking this
beautiful woodland. stripping it to it's
rock-hones and soil-1esh ana then leaV-
ing /; d bowling wilderness is one that
makes forestry angels weep. The owners
who sold these tracts are naturally
anxious to realize on their investment;
perhaps they need the funds which this
timber represents. While the purchasers
are merely cold business men who will
get the most possible out Of the timber
and in the shortest possible time. but
nc spirit that conzcrves those trees and
merely cuts according to the rules and
restrictions of the forestry.
The following from the Fnosbrugh
standard shows the other side Of the
shield:
Soon after the State forester. 4. F..
Halves, went 70 burlington, among the
FIRST announcements to be made from his
off ofe n vi 81 ha
farm land Of. and give advice. relative
to its management. 10 any citizen or
property owner In the State
Or. William Stanford Stevens of St
Alhans IS the first citizen TO take adj
vantage Of this offer. In August. und AZ
the direction Of Mr.. Halves. a forest
working plan was made for a 9oO-acre
tract owned by DR.. stevens at East
Enoshurgh. This property embraces
WOOD pasture and meadow land.
The object at which this plan is aim
ing Is to bring ell classes of land under
definite and permanent system OF man
agcmcnt, and - arranged and specific
th,t the presence or time OF tho owner
Is not necessary to IT'S fulfment.
This plan Is to extend over a period OF
ten years namely to 1910 at which time
oil woodland will BIO improved through
reproduction cuttings or Improvement
Trimmings: and all ovcr-mature. n part
Of the mature. the dead diving. suppress
Ell. and less valuable species will be re-
moved Thus tho forest area will be i'm
proved and so esta blished that Its future
will be enhanced By Increased reproduce
ton OF the more desirable species. ana
an Increased rate OF growth resulting
from the removal OF unnecessary com
petition All the pasture land will be
planted with white pine and Norway
spruce.
In carving out this plan all wood
and pasture land Is divided Ito ten equal
areas. one-tenth Of the woodland being
thinned each fall and winter and one
tenth of the pasture land planted each
spring.
The receipts from the Trimmings, and
numbering operation now in progress,
will cover the cost OF planting. Thus the
land ia placed on an improved basis and
n valuable investment made. all funds
being obtained from the safe OF timber
now standing on the tract
Accompanying this plan is map OF
the tract, upon which the areas 20 he
treated each year are indicated,
The duties Of the state forest cfilce DO
NOT cease AZ me competitor OF Ah' W''-
ter plan for each summer the trees Will
be marked for cutting in the fan and the
contractors work Inspected, both dur
Ing the cutting and the spring planting,
This same work will be done for any
lard owner In Vermont the only expense
being that necessary travelling and feln
expenses.
oh. Stevens has large lumber interests
OH Af IVA
merits and advantages OF wise and
systematic forest policy. It IL hoped that
| other land owners will follow the ex-
ample set by by him.
Similar policies are to be placed In