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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



a particularly dry period in August, ten 

 bad fires occurred on the east slope of 

 the Rocky Mountains, the largest burn- 

 ing 125 square miles before it was con- 



trolled. Fires in the Railway Belt of 

 British Columbia were more numerous 

 still, but did not bum over extensive 

 areas. 



FORESTRY AT THE EXPOSITION 



THE forestry and forest products 

 exhibit at the Panama-Pacific 

 International Exposition will 

 be shown in the Palace of 

 Agriculture, which with the exception 

 of the great Palace of Machinery, is the 

 largest exhibit palace of the exposition. 

 The Palace of Agriculture covers an area 

 of 328,633 square feet and was erected 

 at a cost of $425,610. 



Group 134, imder the official classifi- 

 cation of exhibits, is divided into four 

 classes of forestry exhibits comprising 

 forest geography, maps, statistics and 

 general literature, geographical distri- 

 bution, botanical collections, seeds, 

 bark, foliage, flowers, fruit, bark and 

 wood sections. The planting, equip- 

 ment and processes for tree collection, 

 nursery practice, field planting and 

 field sowing, make up class 661. Man- 

 agement and utilization, equipment and 

 processes for protection from fire, insects 

 and disease, organization of protective 

 forces, ranger stations, trail and tele- 



phone systems, logging methods and 

 equipment, transportation of logs and 

 systems of cutting, comprise another. 



The indirect use of forests, such as 

 watershed protection, effects on climate 

 and public health, prevention of erosion 

 and shifting sand, use of windbreaks 

 for recreation or as a refuge for game, 

 is all considered in a separate class. 



Forest products are exemplified in 

 three classes: lumber, equipment and 

 processes used in cutting lumber-logs 

 into lumber, drying, dressing and grad- 

 ing of lumber and the rules for grading; 

 saw-mill and planing-mill products for 

 the manufacture of lumber; wagon- 

 stock, cooperage, boxes, pickets, 

 shingles, and doors. Veneering and 

 veneering-cutting machinery will also 

 be shown. Forest by-products — tan- 

 bark and extracts, naval stores, oils and 

 distillates, charcoal, cork, dye-woods, 

 medicinal and textile barks. Kiln-dried 

 wood, wood fuels and wood will occupy 

 another class. 



A Forester's Directory 



The American Forestry Association wishes to compile and to keep up to date, 

 a directory of foresters, in the United States, its possessions, Canada and Mexico. 



This will be of considerable benefit to the members of the profession, as the 

 Association is frequently asked for information concerning the whereabouts of 

 foresters, and is also often asked to recommend foresters for various positions. 



The American Forestry Association therefore requests each forester, whether 

 he is a member of the Association or not, to send his fiill name, address, name of 

 school or schools of which he is a graduate, and the feature, if any particular one, 

 of his profession, in which he specializes. 



This directory will be kept up to date from year to year, and will be available 

 for any inquirers at any time. 



Foresters are requested to note, in the advertising section of American For- 

 estry magazine, a free advertising section for foresters wishing positions or for 

 these wishing to employ foresters. 



