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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A LARGE CROP. STACKING SURPLUS BARK IN Tllli OPEN. 



ually revert to the State for unpaid 

 taxes. 



The hardwood forests, which occupy 

 all but the highest peaks, vary consid- 

 erably, according to soil, aspect and 

 elevation. They can be separated into 

 four important types : plateau, chestnut, 

 red oak, beech and maple. 



THE TIMBER INDUSTRIES 



Practically all of the timber cut in 

 Western North Carolina is sawed or 



otherwise manufactured in that part of 

 the State ; little is shipped out in the 

 log. Two-fifths of all the timber cut 

 for sale is manufactured into lumber ; 

 but the greater part of this is shipped 

 out of the region. 



Except for agriculture, almost all of 

 the products of which are consumed 

 locally, lumbering is by far the most im- 

 portant industry. In 1909 about 1.85,- 

 000,000 feet of lumber brought a 

 money return of nearly $3,000,000. 



INCREASE FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE 



State Forester Edgar C. Hirst lias been notified by the forestry department in Wash- 

 ington that the government ivill again tliis year co-operate ivith the State authorities in pro- 

 tecting the forest lands of the north country from damage or destrnction by fire, and that 

 tJie sum of $8,000 lias been allotted to the State, as against $7,200 last year. 



REFORESTATION STARTED 



The board of water commissioners of Massachusetts decided to undertake the experi- 

 ment of reforestation of the Little river and Ludlow watersheds, and in pursuance of that 

 idea voted to buy 10,000 young pine trees for planting on the two ivatersheds. The work 

 will be started within two or three zveeks, 5,000 of the trees being set out on each watershed. 



TREES OF INDIANA 



The Indiana State Board of Forestry, in response to a demand from teachers, pupils, 

 landowners and millmen for information on the trees of Indiana and their uses, have devoted 

 the greater part of their 1911 report, which has just been published, to this subject. This 

 report illustrates each species of forest trees of the State, with a full-page drazving, and 

 gives a detailed botanical description of each species with its distribution in the State. The 

 economic uses of the different kinds of wood are given, together ivith a table showing the 

 comparative zveight of the different woods. The horticultural and forestal values of many 

 species are discussed in detail, and information is given as to the best kind of trees to plant 

 for ornamental and forestal purposes. 



