FOREST NOTES 



Forest Notes 



Georgia State Forest School 



A bulletin of the Georgia State College 

 of Agriculture gives considerable space to 

 the forest school department which is 

 making such excellent progress under the 

 direction of Prof. James B. Berry. A four- 

 year course is given in technical forestry 

 and allied subjects to those who desire 

 forestry as a profession, short practical 

 courses for those students in agriculture 

 who desire general knowledge as to the 

 management of small tracts of timberland, 

 direct assistance to residents of the state 

 in the management of forest property, and 

 general research along the line of prob- 

 lems now confronting the state. 



In the four-year professional course, op- 

 portunity is given to specialize in certain 

 main lines and provision is made for six 

 hours of elective work throughout the 

 Junior and Senior years. For those stu- 

 dents desiring to specialize in City For- 

 estry an opportunity is offered for the 

 election of Landscape Gardening and allied 

 subjects; for those desiring to specialize 

 in technical forestry, with the object of 

 entering the federal or state service, the 

 election of advanced courses in Botany and 

 Forestry; for those desiring to specialize 

 in Lumber Salesmanship and Mill Super- 

 intendency, the election of courses in Eco- 

 nomics and Business Administration; for 

 those desiring to specialize in Dendropa- 

 thology, the election of advanced courses 

 in Botanv. 



North Carolina's Meeting 



The North Carolina Forestry Association 

 will hold its sixth annual forestry conven- 

 tion in Newbern, North Carolina, on Tues- 

 day and Wednesday, January 18 and 19, 

 1916. This is the first time the x'\ssociation 

 has been called to meet in the eastern part 

 of the state, and it is expected that this de- 

 parture will be amply justified by the in- 

 creased attendance. The Coastal Plain 

 region of the state is the seat of the North 

 Carolina pine industry and is the greatest 

 lumbering region northeast of Louisiana. 

 A large lumbering concern has kindly ten- 

 dered the convention an excursion over one 

 of its operations. This trip will be ar- 

 ranged for the second day of the meeting. 

 In this way the delegates will have an un- 

 equalled opportunity of learning of some 

 of North Carolina's most pressing forestry 

 problems at first liand. 



Forester Appointed 



Henry B. Steer, a graduate in forestry, 

 class of 1914, has just received an appoint- 

 ment for forest work in the Indian Office, 

 United States Department of the Interior. 

 He will work on the eastern Cherokee lands 

 in western North Carolina. Where for- 



ested areas exist in connection with Indian 

 reservations, it is the aim of the Indian 

 Service to give these resources their full- 

 est possible use by harvesting the timber 

 under proper forest management. The 

 Indian office has a regular corps of for- 

 esters and resident forest oflScers on most 

 of the reservations where timber is grow- 

 ing. 



Short Forestry Course 



Prof. Hugo Winkcnwerder, Dean of the 

 Department of Forestry at the University 

 of Washington, Seattle, announces that a 

 short course in forestry and lumbering is 

 to be given at the University this winter 

 from January 3 to March 28. These short 

 courses are offered for the benefit of per- 

 sons engaged in some phase of the timber 

 industry and who desire to increase their 

 efficiency, but who cannot take the time 

 required for a broader course. In outlin- 

 ing the courses a special effort has been 

 made to have them simple, concise and 

 thoroughly practical. The work is given 

 by means of lectures, quizzes, laboratory 

 and field practice. Although the time is 

 only of twelve weeks' duration, the loca- 

 tion of the University and equipment makes 

 it possible to do thorough work in the sub- 

 jects given. A high school training is not 

 necessary for entrance, but students should 

 be at least 30 years old. Three distinct 

 courses are offered : Forestry, Logging, and 

 Lumber and Its Uses. 



Lecture Course on Lumber 



The University of Wisconsin, through 

 its Extension Division, will shortly begin 

 an evening lecture course on Lumber and 

 Its Uses, in order to give the makers or 

 users of wood a greater knowledge of the 

 structure of the material with which they 

 deal. The plan has won the instant ap- 

 proval of the Lumber Dealers' Association, 

 the Milwaukee Chapter of the American 

 Institute of Architects, and the Mill Work- 

 ers' Association, and a number of their 

 members, nearly all of them heads of firms, 

 will attend the classes. The work, how- 

 ever, is not intended only for builders and 

 manufacturers, but is adapted to meet the 

 needs of draftsmen, painters, furniture and 

 cabinet makers, and men of other indus- 

 tries which deal in wood. 



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some fifteen standard books. The Exten- 

 sion Service hopes to have these circulated 

 widely among study clubs, schools and de- 

 bating teams in the State. 



Books on Forestry 



The Extension Service of the New York 

 State College of Forestry is arranging a 

 number of sets of books on Forestry and 

 related subjects, to be used as small circu- 

 lating libraries throughout the State. The 

 list will include a number of important 

 State and National bulletins as well as 



Directory of Wood Users 



The Department of Wood Utilization in 

 the New York State College of Forestry 

 is maintaining an ever-increasing directory 

 of active users and producers of forest 

 products throughout the State of New 

 York. A series of Wood Utilization serv- 

 ice bulletins are published each month con- 

 taining a list of the needs or offerings of 

 the Department's correspondents. It is en- 

 couraging to know that the Service has 

 been of tangible value and that a large 

 number of profitable sales have been 

 brought about through it. In a number 

 of instances manufacturers who have 

 thrown away a certain class of waste here- 

 tofore have been abrought into direct con- 

 tact with some concern which could 

 utilize just this sort of waste material. 



Trees Dynamited to Stop Fires 



Out in the forest near Mount Baldy, Los 

 Angeles, California, a fierce forest fire was 

 raging recently. After it had blazed for 

 several days it was brought under control. 

 The next day a fresh wind started the fire 

 again and it threatened destruction to the 

 entire forest. After all other methods had 

 been tried, dynamite was secured. Hun- 

 dreds of trees were dynamited to make 

 the fire break, and it was soon put out. 

 The dynamiting was in charge of Ranger 

 Fritz, of Camp Baldy Station, and three 

 forest patrols. 



Berks County Work 



During the past six years it was noticed 

 that the water supply was failing in Berks 

 County, Pa., and the chestnut trees were 

 dying, owing to the blight. The cause of 

 the failing water supply was not so easily 

 explained. An investigation proved it was 

 due to careless lumbering and frequent 

 forest fires which had ruined the forest 

 floor almost over the entire county. Lack 

 of water power had closed up grist mill 

 after mill until barely a half dozen out of 

 hundreds that were once operated were 

 now able to drive their wheels even for 

 two days in succession. 



What to do to remedy this matter was 

 a question. Daily during the summer 

 months the press was filled with items 

 about wells going dry on the farms. Next 

 Burgesses curtailed the use of water in 

 the towns, stating that the supply was 

 low. This condition inspired S. L. Parkes 

 to form the Berks County Conservation 

 Association, and this was done a year 

 ago. 



The organization immediately became 

 active and during the year, the work ac- 



