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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



tervals of about fifteen and 

 twenty miles. Here the great 

 burly brown bears delight tn 

 roam, harmonizing with the 

 brown boles of the trees beneath 

 which they feed. 



"Deer, also, dwell here and tind 

 food and shelter in the ceano- 

 thus tangles, with a multitude of 

 smaller people. Above this 

 region of giants, the trees grow 

 smaller until the utmost limit I'f 

 the timber line is reached on the 

 stormy mountain slopes at a 

 height of fnirn ten to twelve 

 thousand feet abo\e the sea, 

 where the dwarf pine is so lowlv 

 and hard beset by storms and 

 heavy snow, it is pressed into 

 flat tangles, over the tojis of 

 whicli we may easih' walk. lie- 

 low the main forest belt the 

 trees likewise diminish in size, 

 frost and burning drouth re- 

 pressing and blasting alike." 



In no other State is there 

 such a wealth of novelty in trees, 

 in no other State such a varietv, 

 and m no otiier State trees 



which are so widely known and about which sn much has his trip to the State incomjilete if he fails to pay them 

 been written as those of California. The tourist will find the attention thev deser\e. 



.•\ FORKST NORTllWIiST OF PINXUSIIIOX, SIERRA XATIOXAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA 



A dense Sierra forest at the higher elevations, where the trees of red fir and silver pine are prac- 

 tically all of the same age. Such forests are usually found at elevations of six to eight thousand 

 feet and are of greater value in preserving moisture tlian for lumher purposes. 



Education in Wood Uses 



Wll.\'r is considered the iiKist important mo\e- 

 ment ever undertaken by the lumbermen for 

 the development and progress of their own 

 industry is the organization, just i>erfected, of a depart- 

 ment of trade extension. It will have a minimum fund 

 of $.")U,onO a vear for uperating expenses. While this is 

 a comparatively small sum for the work involved it will 

 doubtless be increased as the importance of the work is 

 emphasized. The department is under the direction of an 

 executive committee consisting of the following members 

 of the National J^umber Manufacturers' Association: 

 Edward Hines, W. A. Gilchrist, R. B. Goodman, E. B. 

 Hagen, \\'m. It. Sulli\an and R. H. Downman. 



I'.rietly stateil the Department will undertake to pro- 

 mote the use of wood and to conduct an educational 



profiaganda which will at least maintain the present status 

 of wood under the pressure of modern competition and 

 selling methods. The field of activity concerns wood as 

 such and does not duplicate nor conflict with the work 

 of existing organizations. Education in the broadest 

 sense is the keynote and every dollar used is an invest- 

 ment on behalf of the whole lumber industry. The 

 initial lines of work will cover the following subjects: 

 Building codes and shingle ordinances; engineering data 

 for architects and engineers: fire protection; wood 

 jireservation ; retail lumber sales extension ; agricultural 

 helps in lumber uses ; cooperation with other organiza- 

 tions ; ])ublicity: and methods of promoting competitive 

 materials. 



