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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Why Do You Buy Coal 

 in May or June? 



— Ask Ike man who pays 



YOU GET THE POINT 



Why not apply it to your NURSERY 

 STOCK PURCHASES. 



WE HAVE PREPARED A SPECIAL 

 ADVANCE OFFER 



of our "Quality First" stock for orders 

 received before February 26th, 1917, for 

 shipment at proper time in spring. 



A few items from this Special Advance 

 Offer are noted below : 



NOVELTY APPLE TREES 



5 varieties on One Tree, at $2.25 per tree 



4 varieties on One Tree, at 1.75 per tree 



3 varieties on One Tree, at 1.25 per tree 



(No order for less than five trees) 



RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM 

 per Car Load $80.00 



BERBERIS THONBERGI 

 Extra Good transplanted, bushy stock I'-i 

 to 2 ft. $7.50 per 100; S6S.00 per 1000 



NORWAY MAPLES 

 10 to 12 ft., I '^''to I 'j"cal. $57.50 per 100 



ORIENTAL PLANES 

 2" to 2M" caliper . . $114.00 per 100 



If you are further interested in this Special Ad- 

 vance Offer referred to above, just write TOD.VY 

 for our circular F. Also, send us your full list 

 of Nursery Stock Requirements and we will gladly 

 make you our prompt Special Complete Com- 

 bination Quotation. 



"QUAllTY FIRST" STOCK 



KELSEY 



MRSERY ^' ^' ^^^^^y IMurscryCo. 



cTnt,tr>w *50 Broadway. New York 

 SERVICE 



Yoar Requirements Complete 



KELSEY 



FORESTR Y 

 SERVICE 



TIMBER ESTIMATING, FOREST 



MANAGEMENT, FORESTRY 



PLANTING, ETC. 



Expert "service at reasonable cost. 

 This Department in charge of D. E. 

 Lauderbum, Forest Engineer. 



FORESTRY STOCK 



Special Advance Offer on Orders 

 Received Before February 26tb, 1917. 



Write us for the above Special Offer 

 and send us your list of Spring, 1917 

 Requirements for our Immediate and 

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Reforesting Lands 

 .Approximately 10,390 acres of denuded 

 lands within the National Forests were 

 reforested in the fiscal year 1916. The total 

 number of trees planted was 6,146,637, while 

 8,280 pounds of tree seed were sown. 



National Forest Grazing 



There were 133,442 more cattle and horses, 

 and 605,338 more sheep aiul goats using the 

 National Forests in 1916 than in 1915. This 

 increase was in spite of large eliminations 

 of grazing lands from the Forests. It is 

 accounted for by improved methods of 

 handling the stock and by more intimate 

 knowledge of the forage on the ranges and 

 their carrying capacity. 



Decrease in Forest Fires 



The number of fires suppressed on Na- 

 tional Forest lands during the calendar year 

 1915 was 6,324, as against 7,018 in 1914, 

 and an average annual number of 4,759 dur- 

 ing the past five years, says Henry S. 

 Graves, Chief of the Forest Service, in his 

 annual report just published. While more 

 than the average number of fires occurred 

 the timbered area burned over was but 

 155,416 acres, or 30 per cent less than the 

 average per year for the period 1911-1915 

 inclusive. The average loss per fire was 

 $60.41. Forty-four per cent of the fires 

 were confined to areas of less than one- 

 quarter of an acre. 



Forest Fire Losses 



It is estimated that in 1915 about 40,000 

 forest fires occurred in the United States, 

 which burned over about 5,900,000 acres 

 and caused a damage of approximately 

 $7,000,000. 



Our Standing Timber 



Revised estimates place the amount of 

 standing merchantable timber in the United 

 States at approximately 2,767 billion board 

 feet. Of this amount 1,464 billion board 

 feet, or S3 per cent of the total, is in 

 California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, 

 and Montana. 



Forest Improvements 

 During the past fiscal year there were 

 constructed on the National Forests 227 

 miles of new roads, 1,975 miles of trails, 

 2,124 miles of telephone line, 89 miles of 

 fire lines, 81 lookout structures, 40 bridges, 

 222 miles of fence, 545 dwellings, barns 

 and other structures, 17 corrals and 202 

 water improvements. 



Land Elimination 



Since the passage in 1912 of the act pro- 

 viding funds for land classification and as 

 a direct result of the classification work, a 

 total of 13,477,781 acres has been eliminated 

 from the National Forests. This includes 

 an elimination of approximately 5,800,000 

 acres of land from the Chugach National 

 Forest in Alaska which embraced lands of 

 low value for any purpose other than 

 mining. 



Jti^t Tubti\fhed! 



THE 

 ESSEJVTIALS 



OF 



^ME^ICAJSI 



TIM'BE'R 



LAW 



By J. P. KINNEY, A.B., LL.B., M.F. 



THIS volume has been prepared to 

 meet the needs of those engaged in 

 the study or practice of forestrj\ 

 and the requirements of Itimbermen 

 and others interested directly in the 

 production and sale of timber products. 



It will also be a valuable book to the 

 attorney who is called upon to deter- 

 mine the law as to timber products in 

 any manner. 



The subject-matter is di\-ided into two 

 fairly distinct branches; namely, the 

 law "that is concerned with trees, forest 

 and forest products as subject to pub- 

 lic or private property interests, and 

 the law that found its stimulus in the 

 interest that the public had in the pro- 

 tection, extension and maintenance of 

 both public and private forests as a 

 means of presen.ang and advancing 

 the general welfare: 



308 Pages, 6x9, Cloth, $3.00 net 

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432 Fourth Ave., N. Y. C. 

 Gentlemen: Kindly send me for lo days 

 free examination a copy of KINNEY'S "ES- 

 SENTIALS OF AMERICAN TIMBER 

 LAW." 



It is understood that I am to remit the price 

 of these books vsrithin lo days after their 

 receipt, or return them, postpaid. 



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Address 



Member of 



(Indicate here if you arc a member of the American 

 Forestry Association. If not, kindly state the forestry 

 society with which you are connected.) 



Position or reference 



(Indicate which you are giving.) Not required of 

 society members). 



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