American Forestry 



The Magazine of the American Fores tri; Association 



EDI TORI A L AD VISOR Y BOARD 

 Herman H. Chapman Frederic S. Underbill 



Ernest A. Sterling John E. Rhodes 



S. T. Dana S. N. Spring 



January CONTENTS 1912 



COVER DESIGN— By Charles Cartwright. 



WEST SHORE OF LAKE DRUMMOND, DISMAL SWAMP Frontispiece 



THE NATIONAL ASPECT OF SWAMP DRAINAGE— By M. O. Leighton. 3 



With three illustrations by the author. 

 SOME NOTES OX GERMAN FORESTRY— By Warren H. Miller, M. F 14 



With three illustrations. 

 DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, UNIVERSITY OF MAINE— By John M. Briscoe. 25 



THE PRAIRIE DOG MUST GO— By Robert E. Clark 28 



With four illustrations by the author. 

 IRRIGATION IN TURKESTAN— By A. P. Davis 34 



With four illustrations by the author. 



A PATRIARCH— By Thomas Nelson Page 39 



With two illustrations by the author. 



FIVE STATES UNITE TO SAVE FORESTS 43 



THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS 45 



REUNION OF YALE ALUMNI 46 



DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO FORESTRY 47 



DEVELOPMENT OF TIMBER RESOURCES 48 



FIRST PURCHASE UNDER WEEKS LAW 48 



SOME FORCEFUL RESOLUTIONS 49 



THE ADIRONDACK PROBLEM— By Gifford Pinchot 51 



STATE NEWS— 



New Hampshire 60 Arkansas 62 



Maine 60 Colorado 62 



Massachusetts 61 Ohio 62 



New York 61 California 62 



Maryland 61 Oregon 62 



North Carolina 61 Indiana 62 



Kentucky 61 



NEWS AND NOTES— 



Instruction in Forestry 63 Reforestation Legislation 63 



Canada's Forestry Problem 63 Watershed Protection 64 



Some Plain Facts 63 City Owns Tree Farm 64 



EDITORIAL— 



New England Trees in Winter 65 Canadian Forestry Convention 66 



Rivers and Harbors Congress 66 Interest in Forestry Work 66 



NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING 67 



FOREST FIRES— 



Fire in California 68 Reducing Fire Fighting Cost 68 



Washington's Fire Losses 68 



CURRENT LITERATURE— Monthly List for December, 1911 69 



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