. American forestry. Forests and forestry. 426 AMERICAN FORESTRY -%. ftj- ""i I'l--^ a^iaiiS&iiiiiSil. '?'.^.-.»?;»: ,:%«'-- riiotu hy J. II'. ^tctlicn. PORTION OF SALAMANCA NURSERY. ations have to be depended upon. The operations have proceeded along the accepted hnes and also included a large number of experiments in broad- case sowing, seedspot planting, etc. In all a total of about G,000 acres of waste land in the Adirondacks have been re- forested, and under the present man- agement it can be expected to develop along lines of even greater efficiency and magnitude. The p
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. 426 AMERICAN FORESTRY -%. ftj- ""i I'l--^ a^iaiiS&iiiiiSil. '?'.^.-.»?;»: ,:%«'-- riiotu hy J. II'. ^tctlicn. PORTION OF SALAMANCA NURSERY. ations have to be depended upon. The operations have proceeded along the accepted hnes and also included a large number of experiments in broad- case sowing, seedspot planting, etc. In all a total of about G,000 acres of waste land in the Adirondacks have been re- forested, and under the present man- agement it can be expected to develop along lines of even greater efficiency and magnitude. The present Conser- vation Commission is active along vari- ous lines; while Clifford R. Pettis, who as State Forester built up the state nurseries, is now Superintendent ot State Forests and in charge of all work relating to the State forest lands. In 1902 a nursery site was selected at Saranac Inn Station and during the next two years it was fully developed and greatly increased in size. Since that time two additional nurseries have been developed near Lake Clear, one at Salamanca, one at Saratoga, and this year a new one is being started at Comstock where convict labor will be used. In these seven nurseries over ten million trees will be produced an- nually for planting State land and for distribution to private land owners. During the past four years over shipments have been made to private owners for reforesting their own land, the sales this spring alone approximat- ing four million trees and the supply has never been adequate for the de- mand. We, therefore, have within a night's ride of New York City the largest and best organized reforestation operation ever attempted in this country outside of the Federal government. The task is the reforestation of millions of acres of waste land which would never have any value for agricu/ture, and the cre- ation of an asset to replace a liability. The reward will be in the benefits which will accrue to the State and the people
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