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ATTENTION 

 FORESTERS 



AMERICAN FORESTRY will print, free of 

 charge in this column, advertisements of 

 foresters wanting positions, or of persons 

 having employment to offer foresters 



WANTED — Work during the summer by a young 

 man starting to study forestry. Would accept place 

 ot any kind where practical experience could be ob- 

 tained. Free June l.'j. Best of references. Address 

 W. W. J., care of American ForestrYj Washington, 

 D. C. 



POSITION — Young man (33), single, seven and a- 

 half 3'ears' technical training. Will consider position 

 as City Forester, Park Superintendent, Superinteiulent 

 of Private Estate or Consulting Landscape Architect 

 for railroad. Education consists of post-graduate 

 work in prominent middle-western school of forestry, 

 supplemented by several years post-graduate work in 

 recognized school of landscape design in the East. 

 Experienced in public and private forestry, including 

 work in the Forest Service, the various phases of 

 municipal forestry sucli as extension work, and tree 

 surgery ; and also" the designing of parks, playgrounds, 

 and private estates. References given and required. 

 Address XYZ, care of American Fore-strv. 



RANGER desires position. Graduate of the New 

 York .State Ranger School at Wanakena, N. Y., age 

 20 years, weight 160 pounds, habits good, very ambi- 

 tious. Please address Box 28, care of Americ.\n 

 Forestry. 



WANTED — A technical and practical forester and 

 woodsman would liite a position with lumber com- 

 pany as timber cruiser, surveyor or woods foreman. 

 Best of references. Address Box 33, care of American 

 Forestry, Washington, D. C. 



PRACTICAL WOODSMAN AND FOREST EN- 

 GINEER with thorough experience this country and 

 Europe will take charge of forested estate or game 

 preserve. An expert in managing and improving 

 woodlands, and can show results. Highest references 

 as to character, training, and ability. Address Woods 

 Superintendent, Care American Forestry Magazine, 

 Washington, D. C. 



YOUNG man (28), single, technical education, five 

 years' general engineering experience, as instrument 

 man and computer, on surveys, and as inspector and 

 superintendent on construction. Also field and office 

 experience with LT. S. Forest Service. Capable of tak- 

 ing charge of party ; desires position with forester or 

 lumber firm. Address Box 32, care of .\merican 

 Forestry, Washington, D. C. 



FORESTER with three years' practical training 

 and ten >ears' experience (willing to work with his 

 hands as well as with his brain) desires position as 

 forester on private estate. Thoroughly acquainted by 

 practical experience with the planting and care of 

 trees, wild flowers, and shrubs. References furnished 

 on request. Address Box 35, care of American 

 Forestry. S-11 



W.\NTED — Secretary. Capable and experienced 

 stenographer (married), possessing agricultural col- 

 lege education to act as secretary to executive of 

 large horticultural enterprise. Only those possessing 

 the.se qualifications need apply. State full particulars 

 and salary desired in first letter, .\ddress Box 20, 

 care of American Forestry, Washington, D. C. 



CARETAKERS, FIREWATCH A,\'D GENERAL 

 Help to Forester or Owner. Man and son (adult). 

 Reliable Americans, strict to duty. A-1 references. 

 Good home rather than high pay wanted. New 

 York or East. Address L. H. Robertson, 323 

 Sussex Avenue, Newark, N. J. S-10 



Scientific American supplement, Apr. 15, 



1916. — The paper textile industry, p. 



247. 

 Scientific American supplement, May 6, 1916. 



— Teaching scientific forestry, by H. P. 



Baker, p. 296-7. 

 Scientific American supplement. May 13, 



1916. — The sun temple in Mesa Verde 



park, by C. H. Butman, p. 312-13. 

 Torreya, June, 1916. — Is forestry a science? 



by R. M. Harper, p. 136-9. 

 U. S. — Dept. of agriculture. Weekly news 



letter, June 28, 1916. — Grazing the 



woodlot, p. 2. 



West Indian bulletin, 1915. — Bay oil and the 

 cultivation of the bay tree as a crop 

 plant, by W. Robson, p. 176-97. 



Vale review, July, 1916. — The industrial 

 future of Italy, by R. Zon, p. 702-13. 



Tradt' journals and consuhir rcforls 



.American lumberman, June 24, 1916. — 

 Proper methods for laying oak floor- 

 ing, by W. L. Claffey, p. 29 ; Philippine 

 mahogany logging, by L. Thomas, p. 68. 



American lumberman, July 1, 1916. — Se- 

 lected structural Douglas fir specifica- 

 tions for bridge and trestle timbers, by 

 the American society for testing ma- 

 terials, p. 49. 



American lumberman, July 8, 1916. — Spun 

 paper and some of its uses, by R. 

 Thelen, p. 32-3 ; Seek briar wood sub- 

 stitute, p. 46. 



Canada lumberman, June 15, 1916. — The 

 preservative treatment of timber, by 

 W. G. Mitchell, p. 34-7; Lumbermen 

 join to stop forest fires, by H. Sorgius, 

 p. 40-1. 



Canada lumberman, July 1, 1916. — Market 

 for Canadian timber in India, by H. R. 

 MacMillan, p. 44-6. 



Engineering and contracting. May 10, 1916. 

 — Tests of Douglas fir bridge stringers 

 to determine effect of creosote treat- 

 ment on physical properties, by H. B. 

 MacFarland, p. 427-30. 



Engineering news, Apr. 20, 1916.— New tie- 

 treating plant on the Northwestern rail- 

 way, by L. J. Putnam, p. 729-33 ; Resin 

 in yellow pine for decay resistance, 

 by F. J. Hoxie and H. von Schrenk, 

 p. 765-6. 



Engineering news, Apr. 27, 1916. — Spruce 

 piles cannot stand compacted gravel, by 

 C. T. Main and H. E. Sawtell. p. 788-9. 



Engineering news, June 8, 1916. — Strength 

 of Burnettized timber to be studied, by 

 J. M. Barker, p. 1084-5. 



Hardwood record, June 10, 1916.— The hard- 

 woods of Texas, p. 16-17. 



Hardwood record, June 25, 1916. — Japan- 

 ese oak, p. 17; Mangrove tanning ma- 

 terial, p. 28 ; Furniture with bark on, 

 p. 33. 



Hardwood record, July 10, 1916. — Hard- 

 woods of Dutch Guiana, by J. B. Perci- 

 val, p. 16-17; The wheeled vehicle in 

 story, p. 19. 



Journal of industrial and engineering chem- 

 istry, July, 1916. — The effects of moist- 

 ure introduced into the digester in the 

 cooking of soda pulp, by S. D. Wells, p. 

 601-2. 



Lumber world review, June 25. 1916. — Tests 

 with fire-retardant compounds on wood, 

 by H. von Schrenk and A. von Schrenk, 

 p. 19-24; Relative values and costs of 

 lumber, by E. A. Talbot, p. 24-6. 



Mississippi Valley lumberman, June 30, 

 1916.— Wood ' substitutes, liy H. S. 

 Sackett, p. 37. 



Municipal engineering. May, 1916. — Wood 

 blocks for street paving, p. 183-4. 



TI MBER 

 FOR SALE 



FOR SALE— 200,000,000 FEET OF ORIGINAL 

 GROWTH YELLOW PINE TIMBER 



un the West Coast of Florida, south of Tainpa, acces- 

 sible to deep water and railroad facilities. An unusual 

 opportunitv. Apply SOUTHERN INVESTMENT 

 COMPANY, Box 002, Richmond, Va. 6-12 



SOME FINE HARDWOOD TRACTS 



\\e have others. Let us know your wants. 



Acres Location Million Ft. Price 



20,000 North Carolina 100 $200,000 



It, 000 Virginia 78 280,000 



.'.,000 West Virginia 13 50,000 



22,.500 Mississippi 126 630,000 



0,,S00 North Carolina 64 160,000 



4,700 West Virginia 60 211,500 



22,000 Kentucky 150 550,000 



40,000 North Carolina 263 480,000 



4,600 Tennessee 30 46,000 



REAL E.STATE INVESTMENT COMPANY 

 816 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C. 



6-9 



FOR CALIFORNIA TIMBER 

 Write F. A. BAIRD, Redding, Cal. 



6-;o 



TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE, situated on west side 

 of (Irecii Mnuntains, in Chittenden County, three 

 thousand acres timber land. Hardwood and Spruce. 

 Two steam mills, one equipped for manufacturing 

 lumber, clapboards and keg staves. Can be seen run- 

 ning. Other mill with boiler and engine and line 

 shafting. For particulars address George Bartlett 

 i^ Company, Huntington Center, Vt. — 8 



BAND MILL PLANT WITH 50,000,000 FEET Pine 

 Timber in Eastern North Carolina ; rail and water 

 shipments. Address Band Mill, Box 167, Burgaw. 

 N. C. 8—9. 



CYPRESS TIMBER FOR SALE, 1,500,000 feet vir- 

 gin cypress, h.ilf mile from Cotton Belt Railroad. 

 Union Trust Company, Little Rock, Ark. 8 — 9 



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