. Conservation. Forests and forestry. WORK IN A NATIONAL FOREST Lumbering Operations under Forest Service Rules—Young Timber Left Standing protection and ornamentation of the sta- tion grounds and rights of way. This work will be continued until all station groimds and unoccupied spaces on the right of way are parked, that they may afford as much pleasure as possible to the public. Besides reforesting old farmland and other open areas as in the past, the field planting this year has re- stocked certain areas which were logged during 1907, and has underplanted cer- tain old locust plantations w
. Conservation. Forests and forestry. WORK IN A NATIONAL FOREST Lumbering Operations under Forest Service Rules—Young Timber Left Standing protection and ornamentation of the sta- tion grounds and rights of way. This work will be continued until all station groimds and unoccupied spaces on the right of way are parked, that they may afford as much pleasure as possible to the public. Besides reforesting old farmland and other open areas as in the past, the field planting this year has re- stocked certain areas which were logged during 1907, and has underplanted cer- tain old locust plantations which needed interspersed trees to stimulate their growth in height and to regulate their form development. In addition, it is believed that the con- servative lumbering and the forest planting, which the company is conduct- ing on its woodlots and farmlands, which are not now needed for other purposes, will serve as an object-lesson for farmers, and provide an incentive to intelligent forest development on the part of the public generally. It is expected by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company that in case no sub- stitute for the wooden tie is developed during the next thirty-five or forty years, the company will have available a portion of the enormous supply of tim- ber needed for cross-ties, which, at the present time, are becoming exceedingly 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 American Forestry Association. Washington, D. C. : American Forestry Association
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