PRIZE FOR AN ESSAY ON FORESTRY 



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lication of the Quarterly, So far, 

 however, there has been a small profit 

 and this will be increased during the 

 coming year. 



The Association acknowledges with 

 thanks and appreciation contributions 

 from Mr. Charles Lathrop Pack, The 

 Lehigh University Forestry Fund, 

 through Dr. H. S. Drinker, Mr. W. R. 

 Brown, Capt. J. B. White, Robt. P. 

 Bass to provide for the work of the 

 forestry committees of the National 



Conservation Congress and the publi- 

 cation of their reports; from Mr. 

 Charles Lathrop Pack and the Forestry 

 Fund of Lehigh University, through 

 Dr. H. S. Drinker, for the foresters 

 banquet at Washington, D. C, on 

 November 19; from Mr. Charles Lath- 

 rop Pack and the International Paper 

 Company of New York, for improve- 

 ments in the magazine, and the be- 

 quest of $5,000 from the estate of Miss 

 Jane Smith of Pittsburg. 



PRIZE FOR AN ESSAY ON FORESTRY 



THE Indiana State Board of 

 Forestry, in the endeavor to 

 get everyone interested in the 

 preservation of forests as far 

 as this can be done without loss to 

 owners, and the establishment of forest 

 plantings on all land that is not suited 

 for agriculture, has offered prizes ag- 

 gregating $40.00 for the best essays on 

 Forest Influences. $12.50 is to be 

 given for the best essay and $7.50 for 



the next best. Also $12.50 is to be 

 given for the best and $7.50 for the next 

 best essay by pupils in the graded and 

 country schools. The essay must not 

 be more than 2,000 words. It should 

 be mailed to Elijah A. Gladden, secre- 

 tary of the State Board of Forestry, 

 Indianapolis, not later than May 1. 

 He will be glad to send anyone the rules 

 governing the contest. 



INDEX FOR 1913 



The Index for Volume 19, 1913, of American Forestry 

 is now ready and may be had on apphcation by mail 

 or otherwise by any subscriber or member. Requests 

 may be sent to the main office of the American 

 Forestry Association, 1410 H Street, Washington, D. C. 



There are several bands of the Persian fat-tailed sheep on the national forests of southern Utah. 

 Fhe large fat tail sometimes weighs as much as forty pounds, and, like the hump on the camel, is a 

 reserve supply of nourishment when food is lacking. 



Dr. B. E. Fernow, dean of the forest school of the University of Toronto, and Bristow Adams, of 

 the U. S. forest service, have just been elected president and secretary, respectively, of the society of 

 American foresters, the only organization of professional foresters in the western hemisphere. 



