Report of the Wisconsin special legislative committee on forestry of the Senate and Assembly; . eseed plus a fair proht, just as the price of wheat,corn or any other product of the soil is and must bethat of its cost with reasonable proiit added. De-mand and supply will regulate price here as well aselsewhere. The Alonaghan plantations near Mount Alto inFranklin County, Pennsylvania, afforded one of thebest opportunities for the Committee to see resultsobtained from the planting of white pine. Thisplantation was made on an old cultivated best results cannot be obtained from suchplant
Report of the Wisconsin special legislative committee on forestry of the Senate and Assembly; . eseed plus a fair proht, just as the price of wheat,corn or any other product of the soil is and must bethat of its cost with reasonable proiit added. De-mand and supply will regulate price here as well aselsewhere. The Alonaghan plantations near Mount Alto inFranklin County, Pennsylvania, afforded one of thebest opportunities for the Committee to see resultsobtained from the planting of white pine. Thisplantation was made on an old cultivated best results cannot be obtained from suchplanting. Foresters all agree that where there is agrowth of other varieties for protection such asaspen, pin cherry and the like, the pine growth ismuch more sturdy. This planting was made inApril, 1902, for experiment only. The young treeswere two years old when set out, at a distance offour feet. A photograph taken in 1904, two yearsafter planting, shows them less than six inches inheight. A later photograph, taken in December,1906, shows a maximum height of inches with i-Pa [.^^W^i<. *^^^w#fi#^ii^
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