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forest, as a rapid growing protective cover 

 for the slower growing Iiard woods. 



The study made by the College of 

 Forestry experts was to determine such 

 elements as the rate of Krovvth, reproduc- 

 tion, its relative growth compared to other 

 hard and soft woods, in order to secure 

 definite data on which to base future opera- 

 tions in the forests. The study was ex- 

 tremely detailed, for in some sections strip 

 surveys were made to include every grow- 

 ing tree, even to those an inch in diameter 

 on a typical plot. 



That the replanted forest area grows 

 more rapidly than was the case in the 

 virgin forest is now definitely known. 

 Just as the cultivated grain grows and pro- 

 duces more lu.xuriantly than the same grain 

 prospered in a wild state, so do the trees 

 grow faster, particularly in their early years, 

 than was the case under natural conditions. 

 The virgin forest contains trees which lived 

 250 to 300 years. Under favorable artificial 

 forest conditions, if a replanted forest can 

 be called artificial, the tree would reach a 

 similar diameter in much less time, and the 

 growth is particularly rapid in the earlier 

 years. 



"The future Adirondack forest will be 

 largely hard wood," said Prof. McCarthy, 

 returning from his survey, "and the prob- 

 lem now is to develop the market for the 

 coming hardwood which is replacing the 

 old soft wood forests, so that ultimately 

 the maximum amount of softwood may 

 'come back' under a policy of conservation." 



OHIO 



T^HE annual summer meeting of the 

 Ohio Forestry Society was held at Car- 

 bondale, September 12th and 13th. The 

 members of the Society and their friends 

 were the guests of the Carbondale Coal 

 Company who provided an elaborate camp 

 for the purpose. 



The program consisted of trips over the 

 forest plantations and the native woodlands 

 of the Company and was supplemented by 

 addresses which occupied one session. 



The Carbondale Company is a pioneer in 

 forestry practices. Its surface tract of ap- 

 pro.ximately 3000 acres is mostly timbered. 

 A large portion of the timber required to 

 operate the mines is provided from their 

 holdings. The Company operates its own 

 mill, and all cutting on the tract is made 

 in accordance with forestry principles. 



Some 12 years ago. Colonel Richard En- 

 derlin, president of the Company, undertook 

 to reforest the old fields. The species used 

 were largely tulip poplar, black locust and 

 white and red pines. Definite areas have 

 been planted annually since that time, and 

 the plantings on the whole have been very 

 successful. Considerable data may now be 

 secured from these plantations which is of 

 special interest to coal companies in South- 

 western Ohio. 



Colonel Enderlin gave a very interesting 

 talk on "What an Army Cantonment Has 

 Done for a Community." The Colonel was 



chairman of the Chillicothe War Board and 

 in that capacity had charge of much of the 

 work in preparing for the large Chillicothe 

 Cantotuncnt. It was largely his executive 

 ability and inherent leadership that made 

 possible such rapid progress in complet- 

 ing this camp. 



G. D. Cook in charge of the Cincinnati 

 Municipal Forest told what the loth Engi- 

 neers accomplished in the forests of France. 



J. W. Calland, Forester of the Miami 

 Conservancy District, gave a splendid ac- 

 count of the big project under way to con- 

 trol the floods of the Miami Valley. The 

 Conservancy District comprises 33,000 acres 

 of land, which is divided into 5 retarding 

 basins. These basins are the valleys of 

 rivers and creeks, the confluence of which 

 is peculiarly conducive to severe floods 

 that have done much damage to the densely 

 populated districts of the Valley in the 

 vicinity of Dayton. The retarding basins 

 are formed by the erection of immense 

 earth dams from 400 to 500 feet in width 

 across the valley at favorable locations. 

 The completion of this project will render 

 impossible the recurrence of such catas- 

 trophes as the 1913 flood. 



F. W. Dean, Assistant State Forester, 

 spoke of the French forests and forestry. 



Edmund Secrest, State Forester, outlined 

 the proposed Federal and State Forestry 

 Program. He advocated : 



1. A definite policy for the acquisition by 

 the State of large areas of the rough 

 sterile lands in some of the Southern Ohio 

 counties. Some 250,000 acres could even- 

 tually be purchased by the State without 

 the inclusion of any considerable agricul- 

 tural surface. 



2. A greater and more persistent cam- 

 paign of education coupled with more 

 material assistance to the owners of private 

 woodlands. 



3. Acquisition by cities of municipal 

 forests. 



4. More systematic and intensive re- 

 search and experimentation, especially in 

 forest management and utilization. Since 

 the forests of the State are largely farm 

 woodlands the problem of fire protection is 

 not a formidable one, although it should re- 

 ceive attention in certain sections. 



■WISCONSIN 



TN several Wisconsin counties the forest 

 scourge known as white pine blister has 

 secured a foothold to an extent that is 

 causing the State Department of Agricul- 

 ture apprehension. A field conference was 

 called in Polk, Barron and St. Croix coun- 

 ties to consider means for staying the pro,?- 

 ress of the disease, and was attended by 

 Commissioner C. P. Norgord, and the act- 

 ing state entomologist, Dr. Fracker. 



Among the men present were forest 

 pathologists of the United States depart- 

 ment. Brown and Syracuse Universities, 

 and Prof. L. R. Jones, of the Wisconsin 

 Agricultural Experiment station, in addi- 

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