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Title: New Jersey hand-book of agriculture
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: New Jersey. Agricultural experiment station, New Brunswick. (from old catalog) New Jersey. Board of agriculture. (from old catalog) Clark, A. L., (from old catalog) comp
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: Union Hill, N.J., Dispatch printing co., state printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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florists establishments, whosevaluations far exceed the nursery business. In addition, the nurseries import each year an average of 11,000cases of stock, containing such plants as evergreens, box wood,fruit trees, ornamental stock, roses, rhododendrons, bay trees, or-chids, palms and other greenhouse stock, which is of course, in-spected as necessary. All the nurseries are in first class conditio.awith respect to freedom from insect pests and diseases. Most ofthe peach stock grown in New Jersey is sold locally, while a largopercentage of the shade and ornamental stock goes into interstatecommerce. FORESTRY. In New Jersey few farms are without shade trees and a woodlot.Forest is native throughout and trees need to be planted only whereit is desirable to change the man-made conditions. Whether plantedor of natural origin any forest in the State thrives better and growsmore rapidly than one in the North or West where the growing sea-son is shorter or the climate otherwise less favorable.
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Lumber, poles, railroad ties, posts and cordwood are always indemand at the highest prices received in the country. Fitted alwaysfor the poorer soils, easy to grow, easy to harvest, easy to sell, tim-ber is one of the surest farm crops. The chief drawback to thepractice of forestry, fire, is in New Jersey reduced to a minimumthrough the activities of a strong forest fire service. There are■ands on many of the farms in the northern section of the Statewhere because of the rough and stony character the planting ofquick growing trees for poles and ties otYers a sure, if delayed,profit. The difference in cash returns during a period of fifty yearsbetween a well managed wood lot and one where no method is em-ployed, is surprising to those not familiar to the habits of trees andtheir response to favorable growing conditions. The Forest Commission will help the owner of any woodland inthe State to manage it to the best advantage. This aid includes thedirection of improvement fellings, the

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