. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. I will present briefly for your consid2ration and discussion the general silvical systems which the Brown Company has tried in Northern New Hampshire and Maine, with the results obtained from them twenty years after. Our first experimentation was started in the early '90's under the direction of Professor Austin Gary, one of the firs,t professional for- esters practicing in the United States. Mr. Gary had received a thorough training in his pro- fession abroad, and came to us shortly after completing an exhaustive study o
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. I will present briefly for your consid2ration and discussion the general silvical systems which the Brown Company has tried in Northern New Hampshire and Maine, with the results obtained from them twenty years after. Our first experimentation was started in the early '90's under the direction of Professor Austin Gary, one of the firs,t professional for- esters practicing in the United States. Mr. Gary had received a thorough training in his pro- fession abroad, and came to us shortly after completing an exhaustive study of the northern spruce under the direction of Professor B. E. Fernow, Ghief of the Department of Agriculture at Washington. He was given the problem of adapting foreign methods to American conditions for the purpose of conserving a supply of pulp- wood for our paper mills from our New England lands, and incidently securing a closer utiliza- tion of the crop. At the same time he showed the immediate need of a better system of fire prevention and made a careful study and report on the insect and fungi enemies of the northern woods. Under his direction various systems of cutting were tried out, the principal being: First—Selective cutting to a diameter of 15, 14, 12 and 10 inches, under different conditions and in different stands. Second—Glean cutting of soft woods in strips and bunches in soft wood stands. Third—Glean cutting of soft woods in soft wood stands. Fourth—Glean cutting of soft and hard woods in mixed stands. I will give you the present day results obtained by these four methods carried out from 25 years ago up to the present time. The physical conditions surrounding opera- tions in Maine and New Hampshire are quite similar to those prevailing in Ganada. The species cut in the order of their abundance are spruce, fir and pine, with a little cedar, hemlock and tamrack mixed in. The wood is cut solely for business reasons, to produce lumber and pulpwood, being ta
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