American Forestry 



The Magazine of the American Forestri; Association 



EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 

 Herman H. Chapman Frederick S. Underhill 



Ernest A. Sterling John E. Rhodes 



S. T. Dana S. N. Spring 



April 



CONTENTS 



1912 



PAGE 



FRONTISPIECE— O. M. BILHARZ'S LODGE, TENDERFOOT LAKE, WIS 209 



THE WAR ON PREDATORY ANIMALS— By Percival S. Ridsdale 211 



With seven illustrations. 

 RELATION OF INSECTS TO THE DEATH OF CHESTNUT TREES— By 



Prof. A. D. Hopkins 221 



With six illustrations. 



POEM— THE BUSY RANGER 227 



THE UNDERGROUND WATERS OF NEW MEXICO— By Willard E. Holt 228 



With two illustrations. 



THE LARGEST SASSAFRAS TREE— By Adiola Gray 233 



WINDBREAKS. THEIR INFLUENCE AND VALUE— By George L. Clothier 234 



With four illustrations. 



QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 243 



THE HARVARD FOREST— By Theodore S. Woolsey, Jr 244 



With four illustrations. 



SOUTHERN FORESTRY CONFERENCE 253 



DYNAMITING STUMPS AND TREES 254 



With six illustrations. 

 FORESTRY AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY— By Prof. C. H. Goetz 261 



With five illustrations. 



VERMONT'S MEETING 262 



BLIGHT COMMISSION INSTRUCTION— By Prof. Hugh P. Baker 267 



With one illustration. 



LUMBERMEN AND FORESTRY— By W. C. Svkes 268 



NORTH CAROLINA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION CONVENTION— By Forester 



J. S. Holmes _ 272 



TWO PRIVATE FOREST ARBORETUMS _ _ 274 



TIMBERLAND OWNERS AND FORESTRY— By W. R. Brown 275 



A FOREST THAT PAYS $40 AN ACRE YEARLY— Bv George W. Kehr 276 



FORESTRY AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE— By W. B. Greeley 277 



EDITORIAL _ _ _ 279 



REVIEW OF PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS— By 



S. T. Dana 281 



STATE WORK— 



Pennsylvania 282 



California 282 



Wisconsin 282 



Minnesota 282 



Michigan 282 



New Hampshire 283 



Iowa 283 



Colorado 283 



Kentucky 283 



NEWS AND NOTES— 



Lumbermen and Forestry 285 



Protecting the Forests 285 



Experiments in Wisconsin 285 



Forester Hirst's Views 285 



Wood Products Exposition 286 



A Large Sale 286 



EDUCATIONAL— 



Public School Instruction 287 



Instructors Talk 287 



Dean Toumev's Views . 287 



Forestry at Cornell 287 



Ohio 283 



Maryland 283 



New York 283 



Connecticut . 284 



South Dakota 284 



Indiana 284 



Florida 284 



Oregon 284 



Forestry Without Politics 286 



The Leopard Moth 286 



Money for Fire Sufferers 286 



New Firm of Forest Engineers 286 



Chestnut Tree Disease 286 



Forest Eliminations Ordered 287 



Seeking Information 283 



Cliances for Several States 288 



Students' Experiences 288 



CURRENT LITERATURE 288 



AMERICAN FORESTRY Is published monthly by the American Forestry Association. 

 Subscription price, two dollars per year; single copies, twenty cents. 



Entered as second-class mall matter December 24. 1909, at the Post-ottlce at Waslilngtori, 



under the Act of March 3. 1«79 7f 



