. Principles of American forestry . Forests and forestry. 164 PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN FORESTRY. The Profit from an Investment in Land that is stocked with only very small coniferous seedlings is altogether too small and too remote to prove an attraction to in- vestors at present, even were the danger from fire entirely eliminated. But there is considerable land that is now stocked with a good growth of young pine of fair size_that could be bought and managed at a good profit. Fig. .59.—Cross-section of White Pine open grown. if the danger from Jire could be greatly reduced. This land in many ca
. Principles of American forestry . Forests and forestry. 164 PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN FORESTRY. The Profit from an Investment in Land that is stocked with only very small coniferous seedlings is altogether too small and too remote to prove an attraction to in- vestors at present, even were the danger from fire entirely eliminated. But there is considerable land that is now stocked with a good growth of young pine of fair size_that could be bought and managed at a good profit. Fig. .59.—Cross-section of White Pine open grown. if the danger from Jire could be greatly reduced. This land in many cases would not have to be held more than fifteen years to secure a good profit on the invest- lAent, after which the profit might be made nearly con- tinuous. The rapid-growing deciduous trees, such as the Poplar, Willow, White and Yellow Birch, Soft Maple, Chestnut, Ash, Red and White Elm, Hackberry, Catalpa, Basswood, Locust, Black Walnut, and Tamarack, may sometimes be planted and grown at a waste. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Green, Samuel B. (Samuel Bowdlear), 1859-1910. New York, J. Wiley & Sons
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