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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Two accredited delegates from the 

 North Carolina Forestry Association 

 attended the niichr.mmer meeting of the 

 American Forestry Association at 

 Chautauqua, N. Y. Both delegates are 

 very prominent members of the Wom- 

 en's Clubs in the State, Mrs. T. W. 

 Lingle, of Davidson, being Chairman 

 of the Social Service Department of the 

 State Federation, and Miss Elizabeth 

 Schwarberg, of Southern Pines, is late 

 Chairman of the Department of Library 

 Extension and President of the South- 

 ern Pines Civic Club. The latter writes 

 that they greatly enjoyed what they 

 heard at the Forestry meetings. She 

 says : "The importance of doing things 

 in the interest of forestry was more and 

 more impressed upon us. If North 

 Carolina is to hold her own, she must 

 maintain her forests; and, if people 

 onlv knew more about the cause, more 

 would be done to further it. After all, 

 it is what we do that counts, and I am 

 going to talk forestry and do what I 

 can in our town to plant trees and pre- 

 vent forest fires. The leaders in this 

 line of work are a capable set of men 

 and the cause is bound to succeed." 



movements and the activities of their 

 friends. Harrison H. Morse is the edi- 

 tor, Harry P. Howes the manager, and 

 ]3r. H. D. House the general repre- 

 sentative. The magazine is published! 

 at Albany. 



The Forest Ser\ ice has issued to 

 automobilists of Arizona and New 

 Mexico a letter calling their attention 

 to the fact that last year Arizona's 

 share of the National forest revenues 

 was $140,749.94 and New Mexico's 

 share was $5;^,10!».S4, the fund being 

 used for the maintenance of roads and 

 schools. These receipts come from the 

 sale of mature timber and the grazing 

 of stock. Obviously as the automobil- 

 ists benefit by the improvement in the 

 roads, and as forest fires annually de- 

 stroy stock range and both young and 

 mature timber, it is of direct interest to 

 the automobilists to see that the forests 

 are protected against fires. As sixty 

 per cent of these fires are attributed to 

 carelessness, the automobilists can do 

 much to guard against them. 



The Department of Commerce has 

 announced the completion of plans by 

 the secretaries of commerce and agri- 

 culture whereby these two departments 

 will combine in a constructive study of 

 the supply and exploitation of timber of 

 the United States, which they declare 

 has now become one of the big con- 

 servation and industrial problems. In 

 the opinion of the secretaries one of 

 the conditions which make this study of 

 immediate importance to the public at 

 large is the fact that the United States is 

 now reducing its stock of stumpage, 

 estimated at 3,000,000,000,000 feet, at 

 the rate of more than (;0,000,000,000 

 feet annually. 



The well-known firm of Conrad Ap- 

 pel, which deals at Darmstadt, Ger- 

 many, in wholesale forest and agricul- 

 tural seeds, celebrated the P^-'th anni- 

 versary of its establishment in June. 

 Since the day the firm started it has 

 always been in the hands of the same 

 family, Mr. Ludwig Heyn, the present 

 sole proprietor, being the great-grand- 

 son of Mr.. Johann Conrad Appel, the 

 founder of the house. The business was 

 started in USD and has enjoyed a long 

 and prosperous career, being at the 

 present time known all over the world. 

 The firm claims to have the largest 

 coning establishments in the world. 



The Biltmorcaii, an attractive ([uar- 

 terly magazine devoted to news about 

 graduates of the Biltmore Forest 

 School, appeared during June and will 

 doubtless serve as a tie to bind the 

 friendships formed in school days and 

 to keep the graduates informed of the 



The summer practice terms have be- 

 gun at the Georgia forest school. One 

 man is putting in his practice term at 

 his father's sawmill. One is working 

 at a sawmill in Cob County. Four are 

 ])reparing a topographic map, estimate 

 of stand, and working plan report for 

 a tract in Habersham County. These 

 men are camping in a cabin in the 

 woods, and they report that they are 



