Excerpt from Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of the City of Keene, Containing Inaugural Ceremonies, Ordinances and Joint Resolutions Passed by the City Councils, With Reports of the Several Departments, for 1912 The state forester of Massachusetts, in an exhaustive study of watershed areas, has shown that at present prices, pine planted now will in 50 years return a profit of $295 an acre. One town in Massachusetts, with a basin of 942 acres, has taken the matter up and with conservative figuring foresees a profit from that area of But this can not compare with the city of San Diego, California, which owns 7000 acres of land, up to now unproductive. This tract has been set out with over forty thousand eucalyptus trees the present year, as a start in the direction of practical forestry. This is a very rapid grow ing tree in that section, and from a careful study of results in growth and profits from adjoining tracts, which are facts and not theories, San Diego claims that in twenty-five years they will be enjoying an annual harvest from their municipal lands of which, after deducting all expense and interest, will provide them with a sum sufficient to do away with all taxes. VI e have now in our possession land which if treated in the same way, Would in fifty years be as valuable as the entire water Works system is at present. The Cass quarry, which was sold at auction, we have not been able to obtain from the present owner up to this time, but I am convinced that this piece of property is indispensable to the city of Keene. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.