Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-30
STATE FORESTER HAS
 MADE HIS REPORT
Shows Work Done in Planting and
 Saving Trees.

Shows Work Done in Planting and
 Saving Trees.
 State Forester Waiter O'Filley has issued the sixth report of the Con- necticut Agricultural Experiment Sta tion at New Haven. The pamphlet contains an especially valuable paper on Forest Planting in Connecticut, Regarding the progress of forest planting he says that statistics of re- cent date indicate that nearly 4,000 acres of land in this state have been planted with forest trees since 1900 and that forest planting for the pur- pose of making non agricultural land produce a profitable crop of timber in a very recent development in Con- necticut, but one which is receiving more attention each year, both in Connecticut and in other states.
 2,715,7oo Trees Planted
 Tables of statistics indicate that 2,715,700 trees have been planted and 2,293 acres forested with commercial species of trees. The Agricultural college has furnished 5O0.000 trees at cot to private owners who desired to plant forests in the spring of 1912. With this added area planted there is not far from 1000 acres containing over 100000 trees, under cultivation in the state, which area is small com bored with the large area of non productive agricultural land in the state. Under separate heads the au- thor takes up planting sites and their classes divided into open pasture land of poor quality; brush land, recently cut-over sprout land and woodland The paper maintains that the planta- ions in the state havebeen success fully started and are thriving today on the several types of sites.
 Nine different species of cOnifArS are mentioned and eight broad leaf deciduous trees are among the num- Der planted and doing well. The ar ticle takes up the season of planting and their care; the number to plant per acre; the preparation of the sic, the methods of planting, it's cost; losses and replanting; damages to plantations mad protective measures the cleaning and pruning of a forest from direct seeding.
 The report also contains a descrip- tion of the experimental forest, plan tations at Rainbow which were estab- hshed in 1902, and which furnish a valuable object lesson to owners of waste land as to how it may be made productive
 Report on Plant Diseases.
 The report of G. P. Clinton, the state bOtanist, has ben issued and contains an exhaustive treatment of the plant diseases of Connecticut com pairing those of 1912 with those of the previous year. The report states that fungus diseases were more prevalent in the former than in the latter year. He refers particularly to the black rot of apple, on the foliage, and rust and scab on the same.
 Chestnut Bark Disease.
 MT. Clinton also takes up the chest nut bark disease, dealing with it's discovery, the early and more recent investigation; it's identity and charac teristics; the progress of the dis ease; this distribution and hosts in the United States: the manner of distribution and the damage and loss already caused. The report states missions of feet of fine chestnut tim Der, suitable for planking, piles tele graph and electric light poles will be lost within the next two years" in ref erence to the situation Tn Stamford. It also refers to the loss in the matter of shade and ornament aside from the commercial loss.
 In conclusion, the report says: We are not advocating concerted action throughout the state to attempt con- trol of the disease by the cutting out method. We are only rarely advising this method in certain districts where promahle results might seem to warrant it, such as isolated woods re- gently and slightly infected, and of sufficient value to warrant the ex- pense. Where B wood lot as a whole lis merchantable, and the disease Is present, we advocate that, if market conditions be favorable, it be cut and disposed of in the odinary way. Where the trees are not as whole of marketable size, and the removal of the dead and badly diseased trees and ther disposal as lumber poles, ties or I,ot,. etz xrysIf x&. We have no uniform recommenda- tions for treatment of sprout growth too small for market purposes, but as a usual thing no treatment os recom- mended. Where trees have been cut, and numerous sprouts are developing, the second or thir year, to go over these and cut all the diseased and weak ones, leaving only four to six vigorous ones, to renew the stand if possible.
 Timber Cutting Has Decreased.
 We are trying to prevent a glut of the market by discouraging whole sale cutting of the forests, especially where there Is little need of it., As yet there has been no general glut and drop of prices except on cord wood in certain towns and 7x8 ties, for which the demand on the part of the railroad has evidently fallen off. On the whole, however, there has been considerable more timber cut than usual
 There are no small factories for the utilization of waste products such as tannin, etc, and the establishment of such here is not likely or advisable. In the recent investigations of the wood using industries of Connecticut by Pierson of the United States depart ment of agriculture, published as Bulletin 174, of this station. it is stat ed that the chestnut is used by l9 different industries in wood manufac- ture, of which 50 per cent. of the supply used is for musical instruments. Of all the chestnut timber used, how ever, only 30 per cent. was Connect1cu grown.
 Uses for Chestnut.
 Whether the consumption of the home grown product can be profitably increased is 8 question we cannot an swer here but is worthy of the atten- ton of the timber growers and buy CTS. The largest use made of the chestnut trees is for building timber, teiephoua polaS railroad ties and