Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women - Wise Acres Yearbook (Ambler, PA)

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leaf pine stands near the Forest Academy, Franklin county. This is the most northern heavy stand of short-leaf pine in America, and embraces a considerable number of stately trees, some of them being 250 years old. This grove is located only a few miles from the Lincoln Highway. Detail information can be supplied by The District Forester, Mont Alto, Pa. Only the most important tracts of original timber are given in the above list. Other stands are found in Coxe’s Valley, Mifflin county, on Mount Logan, Clinton county, on the summit of Mount Riansares, Clinton county, along Swift Run, near New Germantown, Perry county, along Nine Mile Drive and on the Prouty Run, Potter county, along Pine Creek in Mifflin and Centre counties, and in Sweet Root Gap, about 6 miles south of Rainsburg, Bedford county. These tracts do not include all the original trees that are found within the State, for in every county of the Keystone State there remain many old trees that were at one time a part of the original forest. They bear mute evidence of struggle and successes. They are veterans of many battles. To learn to know them and to preserve them will be a credit to us and a blessing to future generations. 4

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tail information can be supplied by The District Forester, Warren. Pa. 3. Primaeval Forest Holdings of Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company—The Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company is one of only a few lumber companies that still operate in Pennsylvania. Among its forest holdings is a tract located in Bradford and northern Sullivan counties, reported to cover approximately 10,000 acres upon which are excellent stands of original timber. Detail information can be supplied by The District Forester. Dushore, Sullivan County, Pa. 4. Colonel Rickett’s Forest Estate—Upon the estate of the late Colonel Rickett, located in Sullivan county, there stands some of the finest original hemlock and hardwood trees found in Penn-s lvania. This original timber is found along the gorge of Kitchen Creek, below Great Shawanese Lake, for a distance of several miles. This gorge is lined with superb hemlock and magnificent hardwood trees, it is the handsomest spot in Pennsylvania, covered with original timber, and is also dotted with thirteen beautiful waterfalls. It is located about the corners of Wyoming, Luzerne and Sullivan counties, and may be approached by a good highway route. Detail information can be supplied by The District Forester, Dushore, Pa. 5. Alan Serger Forest Recreation Park—This grove comprises about 100 acres of mature hardwoods, mixed with hemlock and a few original white pine, located near Greenwood Furnace, Huntingdon county, between Broad Mountain and Bear Meadows. This original timber is included in the Logan State Forest, and will be preserved as a forest recreation park, which the public may enjo . Detail information can be supplied by The District Forester, Petersburg, Pa. ( . Forest Engineers’ Forest Park—This park embraces a considerable acreage of mature hardwood timber, located along Moore’s Run, Potter'county. It is included in a State Forest, and because of its sentimental and historical value will be preserved as a public recreation park. Detail information, can be supplied by The District Forester, Coudersport, Pa. 7. Joyce Kilmer Forest Recreation Park—This park embraces about 300 acres of mature hemlock and some white pine. It is situated on the northern slope and the summit of Paddy Mountain, in Union County. A State Highway passes near the park, which is viewed daily by thousands of motorists. Detail information can be supplied by The District Forester, Mifflinburg, Pa. 8. Snyder-Middleswarth Soldiers’ Park—This park includes a tract of 500 acres located on Swift Run, Snyder county, near Troxeb ville. It includes some of the finest and probably the largest group of hemlock standing anywhere in Pennsylvania. Among the hemlock are some superb white pine and pitch pine trees. The park has a charming location and is accessible. It is visited annually by thousands of motorists. Detail information can be supplied by The District Forester, Mifflinburg, Pa. 9. Michaux Pines—A grove of about 50 acres of mature short- 3

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WHAT IS FORESTRY? George H. Wirt There are many definitions of forestry, but the very simplest one that may be given is that forestry is the proper handling of forest property. As a science forestry includes many things. It takes out of all of the various sciences what it needs to thoroughly study and understand the laws of tree growth, individually and collectively. The practice of forestry is the making use of knowledge concerning trees, in order to accomplish the purpose desired by the owner of forest property. The important function of (forestry, of } course, is that of growing trees for their products, the principal one of which is wood itself. As such, forestry is a land problem, just as agriculture is a land problem, and the forest constitutes a crop just as wheat constitutes a crop for the farmer. The people of Pennsylvania and the people of the United States cannot get along without wood, in fact, without wood civilization would disappear. The people in all of the Eastern States are now importing from great distances most of the wood which they use, notwithstanding the fact that they have millions of acres of land either producing nothing or producing only a small portion of the wood crops which they might produce under common sense management. The bringing of idle acres up to their full production is a very vital problem demanding solution at the hands of all of the citizens of the Atlantic States. The answer is the practice of forestry on such acres. As a business for any one individual, forestry demands a large acreage, and in order to grow large timber a long period of time is required, but the owner of even a fraction of an acre of land, which should grow trees, may put into effect much of the knowledge used by foresters and cut a crop in a few years, and in this way do his part towards maintaining the welfare of his community. There are sufficient foresters within easy reach and sufficient State Departments of Forestry to give to all private individuals whatever instructions and assistance they may need. The forest that is in its best condition for producing the highest quantity of wood is usually the forest which will furnish in the best manner all of the benefits which the community receives from the presence of a forest. Such a forest helps to maintain the local water supply, helps to temper the local climate, furnishes a place for recreation, a home for game, and for birds. It adds to the value, not only of the land upon which it stands, but of the community at large, and by reason of its growing trees, which should be cut when they reach merchantable size, furnishes labor to the people of the community and raw products to its industries. A few of the simple rules for the handling of small tracts of woodland are as follows: Keep the soil vell covered with trees. If grass grows in