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abundant in the Cascade and Sierra Nevada 

 and San Jacinto mountains from 2,000 to 

 9,000 feet. It is mostly of shrubby habit, 

 but to all appearances identical with the 

 giant Chinquapin. This latter is a hardy and 

 long-lived tree of stately and handsome 

 form. The timber is suitable for many pur- 

 poses, saws readily, is fine grained and light 

 brown. The burr and nut of both varieties 

 are almost identical in size and appearance 

 with the eastern chinquapin. They are diffi- 

 cult to obtain and are frequently attacked by 

 a small whitish worm, the egg of which is 

 deposited, as in the eastern chinquapin and 

 chestnut, by a moth. 



The writer suggests that the giant chinqua- 

 pin be experimented with as a possible re- 

 sistant species to reforest the Eastern States 

 devastated by the chestnut tree disease. The 

 tree would probably stand the eastern con- 

 ditions south of Maryland. The shrub is 

 extremely hardy. 



Forest Eliminations Ordered 



Tile President has signed a proclamation 

 eliminating approximately 73, ICO acres from 

 the Jefferson National Forest, Mantana. A 

 very careful examination made by the Forest 

 Service had shown that the land was not 

 chiefly valuable for forest purposes but con- 

 sisted mainly of open grazing land and land 

 of agricultural value. 



The lands excluded lie mainly along the 

 southern and eastern boundaries of the Little 

 Belt division of the Forest. Small elimina- 

 tions were also made from the Highwood 

 Mountains, Little Rockies, and Snowy Moun- 

 tains divisions. 



The eliminated lands were by the same 

 proclamation withdrawn under the Act of 

 June 25, 1910, for classification, and will, 

 when compatible with public interests, be 

 restored to settlement and entry on such 

 dates as shall be fixed by the Secretary of 

 the Interior and after such notice as he may 

 deem advisable. 



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Public School Instruction 

 That merchantable white pine can be 

 grown in 30 years, norway pine in 35 and 

 that a cedar swamp, lumbered to-day, will in 

 a period of 15 years yield the same market 

 value in commercial material as the previous 

 cut, providing that fire does not interfere 

 with such growths, is the information 

 brought to the pupils of the Sault Ste. Marie, 

 Mich., public schools recently by Deputy 

 State Forestry Warden J. H. McGillivray, of 

 Oscoda. 



Instructors Talk 



At the 27th annual meeting of the Colo- 

 rado State Forestry Association at Denver 

 recently, President Baker, of the State Uni ■ 

 versity, talked on "Forestry and Culture"; 

 President Slocum, of Colorado College, on 

 "What the Colorado School of Forestry 

 Means to the Great West" ; President Lory, 

 of the Agricultural College, told what his 

 institution will do for the farm by the aid 

 of forestry, and President Snyder, of the 

 State Normal, spoke on "The Spirit of For- 

 estry." 



Professor Ellsworth Bethel, of the East 

 Denver High School, discussed "The Aes- 

 thetic and Educational Value of Public 

 Parks," and urged the establishment of the 

 office of city forester. W. W. Williamson, 

 of Colorado Springs, discussed, "Shall the 

 Public Domain With the National Forests, 

 Be Turned Over to the State?" 



Dean Tourney's Views 



Dean Tourney, of the Yale Forestry 

 School, in addressing the graduates recently, 

 said : 



"During the past two years many students 

 in American forestry schools and possibly 



some of you, have become more or less 

 pessimistic, not so much because of the lack 

 of faith in the future of American forestry, 

 but because of the belief that there is a 

 danger that the profession will become over- 

 crowded, and opportunity for responsible 

 work and advancement curtailed. 



"During the decade ending with 1910 

 every man, good, bad and indifferent found 

 a position awaiting him on the completion 

 of his professional training. Many of these 

 positions have been retained by men who 

 will not be able to retain them in the future. 

 The weeding out process in professional for- 

 estry in this country has already begun and 

 who will deny that this is a splendid thing 

 for the profession. Weeding out carries 

 with it no fear for the competent man. You 

 need have no fear of the overcrowding of 

 the profession at the top. There are now 

 and always will be shown by your own work 

 that you are the best men to fill them. 



Forestry at Cornell 



If the approval of the trustees is forth- 

 coming Cornell will soon have a course in 

 forestry leading to the regular baccalaureate 

 degree at the end of the fourth year and to 

 the degree of master in forestry at the end 

 of the fifth year. The university faculty has 

 recommended this action and asked the trus- 

 tees to establish the new degree. 



Details of the course have not been worked 

 out, but the entrance requirements will be 

 the same as those for the course in agricul- 

 ture. The first two years will be similar to 

 those of the present course in agriculture ex- 

 cept that solid geometry and trigonometry 

 will be required if they have not been of- 

 fered for entrance. In the junior year work 

 in general science will be continued, supple- 

 mented by some surveying in the College of 



