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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 1 



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IN STRONG CONTRAST TO THE GLEAMING HEIGHTS ABOVE ARE THE SENTINEL TREES WHICH 

 NESTLE AT THE FOOT OF THE FAMOUS MISSION RANGE IN MONTANA 



December 1919 



CONTENTS 



Vol. 25, No. 312 



FORESTERS EDITION 



Ciiristmas on Mount Ranier — Frontispiece 1506 



National Forests and the Water Supply — Samuel T, Dana. 1507 

 With thirty-two illustrations. 



Travels of an English Christmas Tree— By Clara L. West. 1523 



Foreign Students of Forestry in America 1525 



With one illustration. 



Nature in the Nude 1525 



A Christmas Walk With Birds and Beasts— By A. A. 



Allen 1526 



With twelve illustrations. 

 Announcement of the Annual Meeting 1530 



Airplane Forest Fire Patrol in California — By R. F. 



Hammatt 1531 



With one illustration. 



The Meeting of New and Old World Logging Methods in 

 the Fir Forests of France— By Lieut. W. C. Ldwdermilk. 1534 

 With nine illustrations. 



A Decade of Private Forest Planting in Pennsylvania — By 



J. S. Illick 1538 



With six illustrations. 



Now For Forest Fire Control— By Alfred Gaskill 1542 



With two illustrations. 



A National Forest Policy: 



National Lumber Manufacturers Resolve 1544 



A National Forest Policy 1544 



Resolutions for a National Forest Policy 1545 



Why Not a Secretary of Forestry?— By F. W. Rane 1546 



Slash Pine Growth in the South— By Wilbur R. Mattoon. . 1517 

 With five illustrations. 



Tracts Added to Forests 1550 



The Dry Kiln and Conservation — By E. W. Treen 1551 



Steady "Wake 'Em Up" Barrage— Editors for National 

 Forest Policy 1553-1554 



State News 1555 



Canadian Department — By ElUvood Wilson 1558 



Forest School Notes 1560 



Book Reviews 1562 



National Honor Roll, Memorial Trees 1564 



Tri-State Forestry Conference 1565 



Second Southern Forestry Congress 1566 



New Firm of Foresters 1566 



Entered as second-class mail matter December 24, 1909, at the Post-office at Washington, unaer the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, I91S, by the American 

 Forestry Association. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Sec. 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized July 11, 1918. 



