FOREST NOTES 



537 



in that region the unexampled oppor- 

 tunity to secure adequate protection of 

 their land from fire. The administra- 

 tion of the National Forests believes 

 that fire protection to be effective must 

 be general. They, therefore, not only 

 protect their own lands by every possi- 

 ble means, but they endeavor to cooper- 

 ate with all surrounding owners, as 

 well as with the State, the railroads, and 

 other agencies, in order to secure the 

 best results. 



Catskills will be estimated. In addition, 

 the boys will be required to study the 

 growth of the various trees in order to 

 determine how much timber can be re- 

 moved annually without endangering 

 the condition of the forest. 



The State College of Forestry at 

 Syracuse warns owners of farms and 

 country estates of the very serious dan- 

 ger which threatens the Hickory trees 

 in the various parts of New York State. 

 In some regions a large percentage 

 (sometimes as high as 80 per cent) of 

 the hickories have been killed by the 

 hickory bark beetle, a small insect which 

 lives between the inner bark and sap 

 wood of the trees and by means of its 

 tunnels cuts oft' the flow of sap to the 

 upper part of the tree. The hickory 

 tree in this State is doomed both as a 

 shade tree and from a commercial 

 standpoint unless active work is done 

 to check this insect. This can be done 

 only by cutting the trees killed the pre- 

 vious season and so disposing of the 

 bark and branches as to destroy the 

 young living insects within. The best 

 way is to burn the entire tree or sub- 

 merge it in water for two weeks. Ordi- 

 narily these measures should be taken 

 before May 1, but this year, owing to 

 the backward sj^ring. the larvse are still 

 in the bark, and if the work is done 

 thoroughly many trees which will 

 otherwise be killed this summer may 

 still be saved. 



The Sophomore Summer Camp of 

 the New York State College of Forestry 

 opened on the Catskill Forest Station. 

 near Tannersville in the Catskills, on 

 June 1. Fifty- four Sophomores from 

 the college will be in camp for eight 

 weeks. As one part of the practical 

 training at the camp the amount of 

 standing timber on 2,000 acres of moun- 

 tain land typical to that section of the 



Interest in reforestation in south 

 Ohio is increasing. By far the biggest 

 project of this nature is that of the 

 Carbondale Coal Company, the tract of 

 which is located in the northern part 

 of Athens County. Initial steps have 

 been taken in reforesting the waste 

 lands of the tract, which contains about 

 2,500 acres. The company has planted 

 to date over 100,000 trees, mostly tulip 

 poplar, pine and red oak, and it is their 

 intention to extend the planting each 

 year. The Carbondale tract is typical 

 of the hill region of southeastern Ohio. 

 Much of the area now idle is of the old 

 field type, and is non-agricultural. The 

 coves are well adapted to tulip poplar 

 and the slopes to pine and red oak. 

 Test plantations of white, red, pon- 

 derosa, Austrian and Jack pines, were 

 made in the spring of 1914. While the 

 native timber of this section is hard- 

 wood, some of the pines appear well 

 adapted to old, worn-out fields, and it 

 is quite likely they will be of service in 

 the reforestation of much of the region 

 occupied by the coal measures. A 

 white pine planting, made four or five 

 years ago by" the Carbondale Company, 

 while not successful, due to inferior 

 planting stock, indicates that the species 

 is well adapted to the conditions at 

 hand. 



The company has also undertaken the 

 conservative management of over a 

 thousand acres of second growth tim- 

 ber land. Cutting is being done accord- 

 ing to forestry principles. The com- 

 pany maintains its own sawmill, and all 

 mine timbers are supplied from the 

 tract. 



The Carbondale system is ideal and 

 should be adopted by every coal com- 

 l)any in Ohio, where conditions are 

 similar. The President of the com- 

 pany, Colonel Richard Enderlin, is not 

 only an enthusiast on forestry, but he 

 has a remarkable insight in practical 



