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line of work which he pursued with 

 (Hstiiiction in the Southwest, namely, 

 in his studies of the vegetation of Texas 

 jjublished in a series of bulletins by the 

 United States Forest Service and the 

 University of Texas. 



In the study of the wood-using indus- 

 tries of New York which was carried 

 on by the United States Forest Service 

 and the New York State College of 

 Forestry and which resulted in a com- 

 prehensive report, it was seen on every 

 hand that there is great need of a 

 broader reconnaissance survey of the 

 forests of the State. Such a survey of 

 the plant life of the State will furnish 

 a background and a basis upon which 

 the progress of research will stand out 

 in clear proportions. Such surv^eys of 

 life conditions within a limited area or 

 within a State have come to be re- 

 garded as essential in the working out 

 of any policy of conservation of natural 

 resources. 



a dinner to the fire wardens of Monroe 

 County, Pa. It was the first affair of its 

 kind in Pennsylvania, and was given by 

 the directors of the Association to mark 

 the inauguration of a new provision of 

 the law which places fire wardens under 

 the direct supervision of a State for- 

 ester in counties where the Commis- 

 sioner of Forestry thinks it advisable 

 to make such appointments. The As- 

 sociation asked for a district forester 

 for Monroe County and John L. Stro- 

 beck was selected. The forest fire pro- 

 tective service there has been reorgan- 

 ized and much higher efficiency in the 

 work is expected this season. 



Striking features of the economic 

 crisis which the lumbering interests of 

 this country are now facing are brought 

 to light in the announcement that at the 

 request of prominent lumber interests 

 a two years' course in the business of 

 lumbering is to be given next year by 

 the Harvard Graduate School of Busi- 

 ness Administration, in cooperation 

 with the Harvard Forestry School. 



It has been discovered that forestry 

 education, after the German ])attern, 

 does not meet the needs of the lumber- 

 ing interests. It is good and necessary, 

 the lumbermen admit, to know how to 

 protect existing tree growth, and to 

 start new growths. l^>ut the present 

 and acute problem is how to manufac- 

 ture the existing trees into lumber and 

 to sell the lumber at a profit. The 

 Federal Government itself is struggling 

 with this problem in its attempts to dis- 

 pose of luml)er from the public reserves. 



John M. dries, of the United States 

 P)Ureau of Corporations, has been ap- 

 pointed by the Harvard Corporation to 

 give the new course so far as it deals 

 directly with lumbering. 



Representative Denver S. Church, of 

 California, has introduced a bill b)' 

 which the Secretary of the Interior is 

 empowered, upon recommendation of 

 the National Forest Reservation Com- 

 mission, to exchange United States 

 lands now a part of the Sierra Na- 

 tional Forest for privately owned tim- 

 ber lands lying within the boundaries 

 of Sierra National Forest and the 

 Yosemite National Park, lands thus ac- 

 ciuired by the United States within the 

 boundaries of the Sierra Forest and of 

 the Yosemite National Park to become 

 a part of each park respectively. 



Secretary George H. Rhodes, of the 

 California Forest Protective Associa- 

 tion, contributed to the California 

 Arbor Day Manual for 1914 outlines 

 for compositions, speeches, declama- 

 tions, essays and orations for tlie pub- 

 lic school children, which will be a 

 great helj) in teaching them what all 

 children should know about the forests 

 and inspiring not only a love of trees 

 but a realization of the needs of proper 

 care of the forests. The Association 

 followed this uj) at the suggestion of 

 the State Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction with a letter to school teachers 

 in the timbered districts calling their 

 attention to the outline in the Manual 

 and offering to help them in every way. 



The directors of the Pocono Pro- 

 tective Fire Association recently gave 



Congressman French, of Idaho, has 

 introduced a bill in the Plouse provid- 

 ing for the appropriation of not more 

 than $!.■). 000 of the receipts from the 

 national forests in anv State, for the 



