American Forestry 



The Magazine of the American Forestri; Association 



EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 



Herman H. Chapman Frederick S. Underbill 



Ernest A. Sterling John E. Rhodes 



S. T. Dana S. N. Spring 



October CONTENTS 1912 



WHY DO LUMBER MEN NOT APPLY FORESTRY?— By Dr. B. E. Fernow 613 



HIS WrSDOM— Poem— By Howard C. Kegiey 615 



LOGGING ENGINEERING— By Geo. M. Cornwall 617 



With nine illustrations. 



OUR TIMBER EXPORTS 626 



BOY SCOUTS TO PLANT TREES 626 



WOOD PRESERVATION AS A FACTOR IN FOREST CONSERVATION— By 

 E. A. Sterling 627 



With six illustrations. 

 METHOD OF FORESTRY CAMPAIGNING— By E. T. Allen 635 



With four illustrations: 



FIRE DAMAGE SMALL 643 



SOUTH'S TIMBER DISAPPEARING— By Henry E. Hardtner 644 



With three illustrations. 

 IS LUMBER A CRIME?— By Geo. H. Holt 647 



AMERICAN FORESTRY— By Jerome H. Sheip 650 



With one illustration. 



THE PRESENT STATE OF FOREST TAX LEGISLATION— By Fred R. Fairchild 653 



WITH THE BILTMORE BOYS 655 



THE PRICE OF FOREST PRODUCTS— By Frederick S. Underhill . 656 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION ENDORSED '_ 657 



THE NORTHERN FOREST PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION— By Thorton A. Green 658 



THE FIRE BUG AND THE EAST WIND— Poem— By E. T. Allen 662 



TWO SOLUTIONS OF THE FORESTRY TAX PROBLEM— By Arthur Goadby. 663 



THE SOCIAL SIDE OF LUMBER LIFE— By P. F. Cook 666 



LONG-BELL EXPERIMENTAL FARM— By C. B. Sweet 668 



CATTLE TICK BURNING HURTS FORESTS 673 



REFORESTING CUT-OVER PINELAND 674 



LUMBERING IN RUSSIA— By Consul W. F. Doty 675 



LARGE SALE OF TIMBER 676 



RESTORING ELK TO THE FORESTS 677 



FIRE LOSSES IN WASHINGTON 678 



NEWS AND NOTES— 



Careless Campers Caught 679 A Moving Forest in Wales 680 



Black Beetle Invasion 679 Studying Lumbering Industry 6S0 



Wilson in the Forests 679 Forest Reserve Transfer 680 



New York Selling trees 679 Wood Distillation 680 



Plant Pests Barred 679 Lightning Hits All Trees 680 



STATE NEWS— 



New Jersey 681 Minnesota 681 



Texas 683 Wisconsin 681 



Massachusetts 681 Louisiana 682 



New York 681 



CURRENT LITERATURE 682 



AMERICAN FORESTRY is published monthly by the American Forestry Association. 

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



Entered as second-class mail matter December 24, 1909, at the Post-office at Washington, under the 



Act of March 3, 1879. 



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