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Title: Forest protection and conservation in Maine, 1919
Identifier: CUbiodiversity892413 (find matches)
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Maine. Forest Commissioner; Colby, Forrest H
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: (Lewiston, Me. , Journal Printshop and Bindery)
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Mann Library, Cornell

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154 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION V:-
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The killing of the leader in this manner throws the vitality of the tree into the next group of laterals below the injury. These turn up- ward ; each de- velops a more or less strong grow- ing tip, and they all contend for leadership. I f these new leaders are not again at- tacked the result is the production of a forked or branched top, known among woodsmen as a "stag-horn pine." This either much decreases or en- tirely dstroys the timber value of the tree, and at the same time de- tracts from its beauty. H o w - ever, very often the new leaders may be attacked year after year, resulting in the production of a stunted, bushy growth which has neither commercial nor esthetic value. Instances where this has been carried so far that from 25 to 100 leaders are striving for supremacy, may be seen by the thousands throughout southern Maine. Indeed, in this region, only a very small per cent of the young pines escape injury by the weevil. While the pine weevil shows a decided preference for white pine (Pinus strohus L.) over all other species of trees, it will occasion- Building Booms. Photo by Maine Forestry Dept.

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