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AMERICAN FOKESTRY 



Prof. S. F. Clark, of Williams College, 

 reports that he is on the lookout for a suit- 

 able tract of forest land where the students 

 may experiment in forestry. 



Syracuse University will establish a State 

 College of Forestry and has engaged Dr. 

 Hugh P. Baker, for some years at Pennsyl- 

 vania State College, as its head. Dr. Baker 

 is a graduate of the Yale Forestry School 

 and also took a degree at Munich. He is 

 one of the most able foresters in the country 

 and has scored a great success at Penn State. 



In the Ranger course of the School of 

 Forestry, Colorado College has achieved a 

 distinct success. This course has attracted a 

 large body of men from the National for- 

 ests of Colorado and Wyoming. With six 

 weeks of field work, including studies of 

 the growth and development of forest trees 



and mapping and estimating timber, the 

 course has been of the greatest practical 

 value. 



A Summer Course 



In connection with the regular Summer 

 Forest Camp, which is held in the Ozark 

 Region, from June 15 to August 15, the 

 Department of Forestry of the University 

 of Missouri will conduct a Summer Forest 

 School for lumbermen, woodsmen and tim- 

 berland owners. Short courses will be given 

 in silviculture and the care and protection of 

 forests, in methods of timber estimating, log 

 scaling, rough methods of woods surveying 

 and in laying out logging roads and trails. 

 in timber and topographic mapping and in 

 methods of marking timber for cutting to 

 secure reproduction and for improving the 

 condition and growth of forests. 



QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



Many of our readers frequently desire to secure some expert advice regarding various 

 features of forestry work, and do not know to whom to apply for the information. 



The Editor has accordingly decided to establish this column in which he will be glad to 

 publish such questions as may be sent to him, and give the answers, whenever the questions 

 relate to any detail of the work which this Association is doing or such information as it 

 can give. 



The Editor requests that communications be written on one side of the paper only and if 

 possible, be typewritten. 



New York City 



Editor, American Forestry: 



I notice your having introduced into Con- 

 gress a bill in reference to the chestnut tree 

 blight. At a recent meeting of lumbermen 

 in Cincinnati we were asked to gather some 

 statistics regarding chestnut and oak lumber 

 and I shall be pleased indeed to have you 

 send me what information you have, more 

 especially upon the subject of chestnut 

 blight. 



E. F. Perry, 



Secretary National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association. 



Pamphlets and reports of various experts 

 mailed to Mr. Perry. — Editor. 



Westerville, Ohio 

 Editor, American Forestry : 



I am especially anxious to get data relative 

 to State reforestation, the cost of reforesting, 

 proceeds arising therefrom, and any other 

 matter that will be helpful. 



Mrs. M.\ry E. Lee. 



Experts opinions on these questions mailed 

 to Mrs. Lee. — The Editor. 



San Antonio, Tex. 

 Editor, American Forestry: 



We have under consideration from an in- 

 vestment point of view the purchase of large 



tracts of timber, and in this connection, of 

 course, in the forefront there is the question 

 of supply and demand. Could you give us 

 any data to assist us in the matter and the 

 special demand for mahogany and tropical 

 timber. 



The Consolidated Company. 



Reports on trade supplies and the price 

 lists of lumber at various points mailed to 

 the Consolidated Company. — The Editor. 



Denver, Colo. 



Editor. American Forestry: 



In the event that I should set out in my 

 yard in Denver Douglas fir or yellow pine 

 trees of 3 and 4 inches in diameter, in good 

 soil, how long should it be before they would 

 become large enough to be valuable shade 

 trees, would it be within 15 to 20 years? 



G. E. Bartlett. 



About fifteen years. Would advise Douglas 

 fir as a shade tree. — The Editor. 



New York City- 

 Request by Mrs. George S. Smith, .301 

 W^est 67th Street, for information regarding 

 the culture of the Persian <" English) walnut 

 tree. 



This is now being answered by Mr. E. R. 

 Lake, of the Bureau of Field Investigations 

 in Pomology. 



