Report of the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry for the Years 1910-11 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Report of the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry for the Years 1910-11The city of San Diego in California, however, is wiser than the Pennsylvania cities, and has lately set aside as a municipal forest an area of nearly acres of land in a compact body, lying adjacent to the city, and which it proposes to use for the purpose of tree grow ing on those parts unsuited for the raising of any other crop, and for agricultural purposes all those portions which may be used for agriculture. It is the intention to improve the entire tract, and this is being done at the rate of about 250 acres per year. Young forest trees are being planted, and it is hoped that ultimately at least acres of the land will be put into permanent forest. The remaining acres will be devoted to agricultural purposes under the direction and management of the city. Here also is a new thought for a city to lease land to its citizens for agriculture.It is further the purpose of San Diego to establish a forest tree nursery at some suitable place on this tract for the growing of seed ling trees to sell to farmers and land owners throughout southern California for the establishment of woodlots. The aim is to grow a million seeding trees each year.It is further the plan of Mr. Watson, the forester in charge, to bring seeds from various parts of the United States and probably foreign countries, and test out their growth in California, thus learning their comparative value for use as new species of trees in growing California's future forests. Principally at this time they are concerning themselves with the eucalyptus, but other species will be needed for the more elevated and colder portions of the tract.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.