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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



ber. Approximately 2,453 acres of 

 company land will be traded for 2,468 

 acres of Government land. The com- 

 pany's land carries 119,875,000 board 

 feet of timber worth $433,187; the 

 Government's, 121,757,000 board feet 

 worth $433,172, or an average appraised 



stumpage value of $3.62 per thousand 

 for company timber and $3.56 per thou- 

 sand for Government timber. The val- 

 uation is affected both by the propor- 

 tion of sugar and yellow pine in the 

 stand and by the relative accessibility 

 of the two tracts. 



A LUMBERMAN'S VIEWS 



JOHN M. WOODS, of East Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., chairman of the 

 Forestry Committee of the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association, in his report at the annual 

 convention held at Buffalo in June 

 makes the statement that : 



"A careful scrutiny of the words and acts 

 of the executive and legislative departments 

 of the nation reveal but little to commend, 

 and apparently less to encourage those who 

 believe the forest interests of the country 

 should be entirely divorced from partisan 

 politics." 



He then voiced the emphatic declara- 

 tion that 



"We believe the experiences of the past 

 and present conditions and the needs of the 

 future demand that this great and vital asset 

 of the nation (the forests) shall be placed 

 under the control and management of men 

 of wide forest experience, absolute honesty 

 and demonstrated business ability." 



Of the improvements to be made in 

 the cause of forestry, such improve- 

 ments as the American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation is endeavoring to bring about, 



Mr. Woods said : 



"Intelligent leadership and the diffusion of 

 facts and all available information will 

 formulate and crystallize public opinion so 

 that it will be easier to place on the State 

 books legislation in relation to the prevention 

 of forest fires, equitable taxation of forest 

 lands, establishment of State, city and town 

 forestry reservations and reasonable regula- 

 tions and appropriations." 



Mr. Woods sees danger of the timber 

 supply being so rapidly depleted that 

 the forests of the country may disap- 

 pear. He says : 



"It needs no prophet to foretell the future 

 of our forest supply of merchantable timber 

 of all kinds. Therefore it seems to be a 

 wise thing to begin in State and nation a sys- 

 tem of reforestation of land unsuitable for 

 agriculture or any other purpose except the 

 growing of timber." 



Mr. Woods does not believe that pres- 

 ent lumber trade business is due to any 

 "psychological depression." Says he : 



"Applied to the lumber business we should 

 say that it (psychology) means a man who 

 would see rot, knots, shakes and worms when 

 buying lumber, but which fade away when 

 selling it. — The end of psychological lumber 

 dealers is in the bankruptcy court." 



Ten Year Pines for Posts. 



Jack pine trees planted ten years ago in the sand hills of Nebraska are now large 

 enough to produce fence posts. Last year the first seed was gathered from this plantation. 



Arboretum at Pullman. 



The agricultural experiment station at Pullman, Washington, is establishing an arboretum 

 in which it is proposed to grow a group of each of the important timber trees of the 

 temperate zone. 



