American Forestry 



The Magazine of the American Forestrip Association 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD <Vew 



Herman H. Chapman Frederick S. Underbill fiOT/^ 



Ernest A. Sterling John E. Rhodes H^i^ 



S. T. Dana S. N. Spring 



October CONTENTS 1914 



FISH FOR THE FORESTS— By L. F. Kneipp 697 



With nine illustrations. 



SMALL FIRE LOSS 706 



A FIRE GUARD ON PATROL— Poem by J. D. G 707 



A STUMPER OF A FENCE— By Edward F. Bigelow 708 



With one illustration. 



A FOREST OF STONE— By F. H. Knowlton 709 



With nine illustrations. 



PRACTICAL TREE SURGERY— By J. Franklin Collins 719 



With thirty-three illustrations. 



STUDYING THE LUMBERLNG INDUSTRY 730 



WEST VIRGINIA FIRE PROTECTION 731 



A SAFE CAMP FIRE 732 



With one illustration. 



A WHITE MOUNTAIN PURCHASE 733 



With one illustration. 



WHAT IS A NATIONAL FOREST— By T. W. Venemann : 735 



With five illustrations. 



BERKS COUNTY CONSERVATION 740 



With six illustrations. 



FILIPINO FORESTERS 743 



With one illustration. 



FORESTS, LUMBER AND CONSUMER— By E. T. Allen 745 



With one illustration. 



CONSERVING NATIVE ALASKANS 751 



With one illustration. 



BOYS MAKE BIRD HOUSES 753 



With six illustrations. 



A CATALPA GROWTH 756 



With one illustration. 



CANADIAN DEPARTMENT— By Elwood Wilson 757 



EDITORIAL 759 



FOREST NOTES 762 



CURRENT LITERATURE 765 



AMERICAN FORESTRY is published monthly by the American Forestry Association. 

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Entered as second-class mai) matter December 24, 1909, at the Post-office at Washington, under the 

 "■vT Act of March 3, 1879. 



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