438 



AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Schweizerische zeitschrift fiir forstwesen, 

 April, 1910 — Schlagraumung, by J. R., 

 p. 112-6; Zur frage des anbaues fremd- 

 landischer holzarten, by F. Fankhauser, 

 p. 121-6. 



Tharander forstliches jahrbuch, 1910 — Ueber 

 den einfluss verschiedener durchforst- 

 yngsgrade auf die schaftform der fichte, 

 by M. Kunze, p. 1-18; Ueber den einfluss 

 verschiedener durchforstungsgrade auf 

 den wachstumsgang der waldbestande, by 

 M. Kunze, p. 19 43 ; Die reinertrags- 

 ubersichten der kgl. sachs. staatsforsten 

 fiir das jahr, 1908, by Kassner, p. 74-88; 

 Ueber die fichtengenerationen von Pineus 

 pini, by W. Baer, p. 89-94; Ueber Pau- 

 rurus juvencus, by W. Baer, p. 95-6. 



Zeitschrift fiir forst-und jagdwesen, April, 

 1910 — Forstwirtschaftliche riickblicke auf 

 das jahr 1908, by Semper, p. 195-215 ; 

 Aus dem gebiet des blendersaumschlags, 

 by Kienitz, p. 215-24; Der leimring als 

 kampfmittel gegen die nonne, by Las- 

 peyres, p. 235-42. 



)^ 5fe' i^ 



Reports and Bulletins from Massachusetts 



Five substantial pamphlets of considerable 

 local importance and of value to students 

 of forestry all over the United States have 

 come from the office of the state forester of 

 Massachusetts. The first of these is the 

 Annual Report for 1909. This report shows 

 a great expansion in the scope and organiza- 

 tion of the department, owing to the placing 

 upon it of the task of the gipsy and brown- 

 tail moth control, which until a year ago was 

 in the hands of separate officials. The staft' 

 now includes, beside the state forester, Mr. 

 Rane, four assistants, a secretar}', three clerks 

 and fifteen agents and division superintend- 

 ents. Besides these, there is a forest warden 

 in every town of the state, whose appoint- 

 ment is primarily by the town or city officers, 

 subject to the approval of the state forester, 

 under whom the forest warden's work is 

 done. The expenditures for 1909 were $10,000 

 for the general forestry w^ork, $9,842.87 for 

 reforestation work, and a little less than 

 $300,000 for the moth suppression work. 



A bulletin on "Reforestation in Massachu- 

 setts," by R. S. Langdell. assistant forester, 

 is of much interest in view of the modest 

 but persistent work which the state has un- 

 dertaken in the way of reforestation. This 

 work is being carried on under a systematic 

 plan, authorized by law and supported by a 

 continuing annual appropriation of $10,000. 

 The bulletin referred to describes the methods 

 of work pursued, shows by illustrations the 

 character of it, and discusses the trees most 

 favorable for such work in the state. From 

 the forester's report for 1909 we learn that 

 nine hundred and twenty-seven acres were 

 planted by the state in that year, these being 

 in tracts from five to 107 acres. And 111,500 

 trees have been planted by several water 



companies and private individuals under the 

 advice of the state forester. 



The third bulletin is entitled "How to 

 Make Improvement Thinnings in Massachu- 

 setts Woodlands." An earlier bulletin on 

 "Forest Thinning" was published by the state 

 service, but this is much more comprehensive 

 in its discussion of the subject, and uses 

 some of the material of the earlier publica- 

 tion. The author is H. O. Cook, assistant 

 in charge of that part of the state forest 

 work. 



W. F. Fiske, agent and expert of the Bu- 

 reau of Entomology, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, who has been in charge 

 of the work of developing parasites of the 

 gipsy and brown-tailed moths in Massachu- 

 setts, is the author of another bulletin pub- 

 lished by the state service on that subject. 

 It is an extremely interesting publication, es- 

 pecially for all those who are within the 

 danger zone of these destructive moths. Mr. 

 Fiske is an industrious and careful worker, 

 and has obtained a verj^ good mastery of his 

 subject. He treats the nature of insect para- 

 sites, the natural control of the moths, the 

 theory and practice of introducting parasites, 

 the sequence of parasites, and the different 

 parasites in detail. The bulletin is quite fully 

 illustrated, and is full of practical entomolog- 

 ical information. 



The last on this list of state publications is 

 the report on "Massachusetts Wood Using 

 Industries," by Hu Maxwell, the expert of 

 the United States Forest Service, under a 

 cooperative arrangement between the United 

 States and the state services. It is the first 

 of a series of these reports to appear in 

 printed form. This report gives the amount 

 of different varieties of woods used in the 

 industries of the state^ the cost at the factory, 

 and the amount grown in the state. It also 

 gives an anlysis of the wood used by each 

 class of industries and the average cost to 

 them of their raw material. It is interesting 

 to notice that the manufacture of boxes and 

 crates heads the list, using sixty-four per 

 cent of the lumber that is consumed in the 

 state. There is, finalh-, a list of the wood 

 manufacturers from whom the information 

 was obtained and a table showing the uses 

 by species of different woods. These reports, 

 w'hich are a part of the work of the office of 

 wood utilization of the branch of the products 

 of the Forest Service, will be of great prac- 

 tical value in determining the exact status 

 of the lumber business in the country. Re- 

 ports from several other states are now in 

 preparation. 



«« J^ )« 



A Tree Manual for Kentucky 



The Kentucky Federation of Women's 

 Clubs did good service when it planned 

 and carried out the publication of the 

 "Native Trees of Kentucky." This hand- 

 book by Mrs. Maury, the chairman of the 

 forestrv committee of the state federation, is 



