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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



under the direction of Mr. Tyler. If he says 

 plow the land and sow oats in August, the 

 farmer will have to do so, but all the profits 

 of the experimental work will be his and the 

 trees will be his at the end of the twelve 

 years. If any question arises which he can 

 not answer, he has back of him the forestry 

 department. Should the forestry department 

 be unable to answer it, then it can go to the 

 National Government. 



Indiana 



An experiment with the culture of Jersey 

 pine trees in Indiana will be made by the 

 State Board of Forestry as a part of its work 

 for the coming year. The trees will be 

 planted on the forest reservation in southern 

 Indiana. 



Charles C. Deam, secretary of the board, 

 asserts that the Jersey pines are not grown 

 extensively in Indiana at this time, and that 

 the board is desirous of introducing them, 

 particularly to test their productiveness in 

 this state. Mr. Deam says pine trees are pe- 

 culiar in that they thrive in poor soil. There 

 are some on the reservation now measuring 

 two feet in diameter. 



At a meeting of the board recently the 

 year's work at the reservation was mapped 

 out. Fifty acres of various sorts of trees 

 will be planted during the year. The list 

 includes hickory, sycamore, arlanthus and 

 locusts. In addition to these there will be 

 three kinds of oak planted, the red, white and 

 burr oaks. 



Tennessee 



The Nashville Board of Trade has ap- 

 pointed a committee of prominent members 

 to consider measures for the preservation of 

 the forests of Tennessee. Charles M. Mor- 

 ford, a lumber manufacturer and shipper, is 

 chairman of the committee, and most of the 

 members are lumbermen who belong to the 

 board of trade. The object of the board of 

 trade is to co-operate with the Nashville 

 Lumbermen's Club in taking such steps as 

 can be taken to conserve the forestry re- 

 sources of the state. It is probable that the 

 next Legislature will be asked for an appro- 

 priation to aid in the enforcement of the 

 forestry laws of the state. 



Kentucky 



The new forest policy of Kentucky was 

 outlined recently by J. E. Barton, state for- 

 ester, who was the guest of the Louisville 

 Hardwood Club. Mr. Barton took the first 

 opportunity to convince the lumbermen that 

 the work of the forester and the practical 

 timberman are mutually beneficial, and made 

 so favorable an impression that he was elect- 

 ed an honorary member. 



The plans of the new state forestry board, 

 of which he is the active representative, in- 

 clude the following: 



The establishment of nurseries, both for 

 demonstration purposes and as a business 

 proposition, including the sale of seedlings 

 to private concerns which are engaging in 

 forestry work. 



The purchase of lands and the acquirement 

 of others by gift where forest reserves may 

 be established and timber raised in commer- 

 cial quantities. 



The study of the possibilities of preventing 

 waste in timber logging and manufacturing, 

 and the utilization of by-products, involving 

 the establishment of a laboratory for the use 

 of lumbermen and wood users. 



The protection of the forests by the enact- 

 ment of adequate laws looking to proper fire 

 protection and the prevention of grazing on 

 forest lands, which would result in young 

 trees being killed or seeds destroyed. 



The study of streams and stream flow, and 

 regulating them by the planting of forest at 

 their headwaters, thus preventing floods. 

 Study of water power possibilities is also to 

 be included in this provision. 



Co-operation with individuals in examining 

 timber tracts, laying out a plan of scientific 

 management and aiding in the operation of 

 the property. This work will be begun early 

 in 1913, when the forestry work will have 

 been fully organized. 



Montana 



President Taft has issued proclamations 

 changing the boundaries of the Missoula and 

 Madison National Forests, Montana. From 

 the former 4,960 acres are eliminated and 

 from the latter 68,140 acres. These elimina- 

 tions are the result of field examinations 

 which the Department of Agriculture has 

 been making in pursuance of a general plan 

 to correct the National Forest boundary 

 lines. 



The areas eliminated from the Missoula 

 National Forest are along the borders of the 

 Flint Creek and Rock Creek exclusion of the 

 Southern Division. They consist of small 

 areas along the foothills, chiefly valuable for 

 grazing purposes. 



_ The greater part of the Madison elimina- 

 tion embraces what is locally known as the 

 Lower Madison Basin and lies in two main 

 bodies, one in Tps. 9 and 10 S.. R. 1 W., and 

 the other in Tps. 11, 12 and 13 S., Rgs. 1 

 and 2 E. Another rather large exclusion 

 occurs in Tps. 9 and 10 S., R. 4 W. The re- 

 maining areas are small tracts at various 

 points along the borders of the forest. Most 

 of the lands excluded are grazin.g lands, 

 although some areas in the Lower Madison 

 Valley are susceptible of cultivation. 



The public lands within the areas were by 

 the same proclamation withdrawn for classi- 

 fication under the Act of June 25, 1910, to be 

 restored to settlement and entry at the dis- 

 cretion of the Secretary of the Interior. 



