American Forestry 



The Magazine of the American Forestry Association 



EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 



Herman H. Chapman Frederick S. Underbill 



Ernest A. Sterling John E. Rhodes 



S. T. Dana S. N. Spring 



August CONTENTS 1912 



FORESTRY IX FORMOSA— By R. Kanehira 485 



With nine illustrations. 



THE FORESTRY OF FRANCE— By Warren H. Miller, M. A 493 



With six illustrations. 



FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS— By Ernest Wohlenberg 501 



With nine illustrations. 



FOREST FIRES AND FORESTRY IX THE SOUTHERN STATES— By Her- 

 man H. Chapman 510 



With four illustrations. 



ECONOMIC MATERIALS FOR BOAT AND BARGE CONSTRUCTION— By 

 A. E. Hageboeck 517 



With two illustrations. 



FIRE PROTECTION ON THE OZARK NATIONAL FOREST— By Francis 

 Kiefer 520 



With one illustration. 



IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS 525 



With two illustrations. 



OUR NATIONAL TIMBERLANDS THREATENED— By Herman H. Chapman.... 527 



SHOOTING IN BURMA— By A. J. Butterwick 528 



NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE WORK— By W. R. Brown 530 



RURAL MAIL PATROL— By J. G. Peters 533 



THE PRESENT FIRE SEASON IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS 534 



RESOLUTION TO THE SENATORS 536 



STUDYING FOREST CONDITIONS IN NEW YORK 537 



STATE NEWS— 



Vermont 538 California 539 



Colorado 538 Kentucky 539 



Minnesota 538 Texas 539 



South Dakota 538 California 54O 



New York 538 New Jersey 540 



NEWS AND NOTES— 



Canadian Forestry Association 541 Reforestation at the Capital 542 



Boy Scouts Aiding 541 Boy Scouts Save Trees 542 



Hickory Trees Killed 541 Appointed as Forester 542 



W'ireless in Forests 541 A New Douglas Spruce 542 



Forest in China 541 May Form Forest Protective Associations 542 



New York's Oldest Tree 542 



EDUCATIONAL— 



Appointments at Syracuse 543 Biltmore Doings 543 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION ENDORSED 544 



CURRENT LITERATURE 545 



AMERICAN FORESTRY Is published monthly by the American Forestry Association. 

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



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



Act of March 3, 1879. ' »£ 



