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ments now up in Pacific states. The 

 stumpage situation and its trend is 

 another subject chosen for expert analy- 



sis. 



Foresters will be interested in the an- 

 noimccment that Charles Deering of Chi- 

 cago and W. A. Wads worth of Genesco, 

 N. Y., members of the American Genetic 

 Association, have offered two prizes of 

 $100 each for two photographs — one of 

 the largest tree of a nut-bearing variety 

 in the United States, and one of the 

 largest broad-leaf tree which does not 

 bear edible seeds. In the first class, for 

 example, are included trees such as 

 chestnut, oak, walnut, butternut, and 

 pecan; and in the second, trees such as 

 elm, birch, maple, Cottonwood, and 

 tulip poplar. No photographs of cone- 

 bearing trees are wanted, since it is 

 definitely known that the California 

 big trees have no rivals among conifers. 

 At a later time the association may take 

 up the same question as between the 

 various kinds of conifers — as pines, 

 spruces, firs, cedars, and cypresses. 



The purpose of the competition is to 

 find out in what regions the native trees 

 attain their largest growth , and under 

 what conditions they thrive best. When 

 these large trees are located and the 

 measurements authenticated, the asso- 

 ciation hopes that it may be possible 

 to secure seeds, cuttings, or grafting 

 wood from thrifty trees in the region 

 where they grow, to see whether finer 

 specimens may be propagated in other 

 parts of the country. It is hoped in 

 this manner to get some particularly 

 choice strains of native trees established 

 in regions where good specimens are 

 not now found. The contest ends July 

 1, 1915. 



independent institution and yet retains 

 all the advantages connected with the 

 instruction work in the University 

 proper and the Agricultural College. 

 It thus becomes the only forestry school 

 in the south. The school is now being 

 thoroughly equipped and Prof. Berry 

 expects to secure a large number of 

 students. 



Prof. Berry is a graduate of the Col- 

 lege of Forestry, University of Minne- 

 sota; spent fifteen months in the Forest 

 Service as Forest Assistant on the Inyo 

 National Forest of California; was for 

 two years instructor in forestry at the 

 Pennsylvania State College where he 

 was granted the degree of Master of 

 Science as a result of special investi- 

 gative work in range problems. He 

 spent fourteen months in Germany and 

 Austria-Hungary, completing one year's 

 work in the Universitat Mtinchen 

 where he was a Candidate Doctor der 

 Staatswissenschaf t . 



The Georgia State Forest School will 

 offer a regular four year course in for- 

 estry leading to the degree Bachelor of 

 Forestry. A small amount of forestry 

 will be introduced in the Freshman and 

 Sophomore years, but the bulk of the 

 work will come later. Following the 

 Junior year is a summer camp of eight 

 weeks which will be largely devoted to 

 surveying, mensuration, forest botany 

 and forest ecology. 



Prof. James B. Berry has been 

 placed in charge of the Department of 

 Forestry of the State College of Agri- 

 culture at Athens, Ga., and the Board 

 of Trustees on October 13 changed the 

 name of the department to the Georgia 

 State Forest School. In this way the 

 school has all the privileges of an 



The Massachusetts State Forestry 

 Association has announced another 

 annual tree planting contest, following 

 the successful one of this year, and as a 

 prize will plant in each of the four win- 

 ning towns one hundred shade trees. 

 The towns are divided into four groups, 

 according to size, and to be eligible 

 for a prize a town must plant at least 

 one hundred trees. Those planting the 

 most and having the largest nvimber of 

 living trees on Sept, 15, 1915, will be 

 awarded the prizes. The trees counted 

 must be eight feet or over in height 

 and the branches should be properly 

 pruned at the time of the planting. 

 For full particulars write the Association 

 at 4 Joy Street, Boston, Mass. 



