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Identifier: annualreport131415190newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
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done, a man will be detailed to watch for and destroy all the grubsand beetles that may be turned up by the plow. 2. As the adult insect is readily attracted to a bright light, a sufficientnumber of trap lanterns will be placed in and around the nursery.These traps will be ordinary kerosene lanterns placed over large tin trays,each containing kerosene to a depth of about half an inch. It is believedthat the majority of the beetles that may fly into the nursery or emergefrom the ground will be captured before they have had an opportunityto lay their eggs. 3. All the beds will be carefully watched throughout the season, andwherever there is any indication of its presence the grub will be dug up anddestroyed. Edward Seymour Woodruff, State Forester. The foregoing report is inserted here as it describes in detail a new andremarkable condition, and this discussion of the subject will undoubtedlyprove interesting to every forester who is concerned in the management ofa forest tree nursery.
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THE LAST LOAD FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. I03 Area of Forest Preserve. The lands now owned by the State of New York within the countiesof Clinton (except in the towns of Altona and Dannemora), Essex, Frank-lin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, Saratoga, Saint Lawrence,Warren and Washington, in Northern New York, and within the countiesof Delaware, Greene, Ulster, and Sullivan in the Catskill region, theselands constituting the Forest Preserve, have an area of 1,548,450 acres.This includes 28,151 acres which were acquired by purchase during theyear 1907. Of the land thus bought, 23,224 acres are in the AdirondackPark, and 4,927 acres are in the Catskill Park. Of the total area there was,January 1, 1908, in the Adirondack Preserve 1, 438, 999 acres Catskill Preserve 109,451 Total 1, 548, 450 acres Not all of the lands in the Forest Preserve are situated within theAdirondack and Catskill Parks. There are 128,979 acres outside theseparks, located as follows: In Adirondac

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