THE FOREST RANGER 



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The forest ranger likes his job : he has no time to knock, 



And when at length promotion comes it strikes him with a shock. 



Thus the ranger's 

 His soul uncaged 



life is lived with naturr wild and free, 

 I)v city walls — His is the life for me. 



Berlin, Wash., Oct. 27, 1911. 



A RANGER PILING AND BURNING BRUSH IN THE WINTER. 



THE FUTURE SUPPLY OF HICKORY 



America must soon begin to plant hickory or this country «■/// face a serious shortage 

 ■in one of its most useful hard woods, according to Raphael Zon, expert in charge of the^ 

 office of silvics in the United States Forest Service. 



America is notv supplying the hickory which is used over the entire zvorld. A fact not' 

 knoimi to the average person is that hickory is distinctively an American tree, growing only 

 in the eastern part of the United States. It is usually scattered among other hard woods, 

 and up until the present time sufficient quantities have been found to supply the demand at 

 reasonable prices, but experts in the United States Forest Service now realise that the 

 timber must be planted if the future supply is to be guaranteed. 



