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1339. Haugh, L. A. Klimaets Indflydelse Paa Udviklingen af Bogens Sommerskud. [The 

 influence of climate on the development of summer growth of beech.] Dansk Skovforenings 

 Tidsskr. 4:13-28. Fig. 4- 1919. 



1340. Hawes, A. F. Raw material for the paper industry. Amer. Forestry 26: 134-138. 5 

 fig. 1920. The present paper shortage, U.S.A., isprobably the result of the unusual amount of 

 advertising carried by the newspapers, rather than of any scarcity of wood. The better grades 

 of paper are still made from rags. While paper can be made from various plant fibers, straws 

 and certain other materials, the collection of these materials in bulk is so costly that none of 

 them can compete with wood. Spruce, hemlock and fir are the three main woods used in 

 paper making. 95 per cent of the pulp and paper mills in the United States are located in the 

 East, and the present supplies of these woods cannot be expected to last more than 25 years. 

 Up to 1909 the country was self-supporting in respect to pulpwood, but since that date the 

 consumption has exceeded the home product. Importations from Canada are constantly 

 increasing. There are ample supplies of pulpwood for a great many years in Alaska and the 

 Northwest. These may for several reasons become available. — Chas. H. Otis. 



1341. Hawley, R. C. Forestry in southern New England. Amer. Forestry 26: 10-15. 

 7 fig. 1920. — The territory embraced is roughly the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island. 

 The region is primarily a manufacturing district. The forest area is now about 46 per cent 

 of the total land surface. This forested area may be considered better suited for growing 

 trees than for the production of agricultural crops. The forest is primarily hardwood in 

 character. An upland hardwood type comprises over 80 per cent of the forest area, a swamp 

 hardwood type less than 7 per cent, a pine (usually white) type about 2 per cent, an old field 

 type (pine) 9 per cent and a hemlock type forms about 2 per cent of the area. As a whole the 

 forests of southern New England are of second growth. — Chas. II. Otis. 



1342. Hay, R. Dalrymple. Third annual report of the forestry commission, New South 

 Wales, financial year ended June 30, 1919. 38 p., 1 diagram, 8 pi. Sydney, 1920. — The Forestry 

 Act, passed by Parliament, November, 1916, created the Commission with powers to place 

 the management of the forests on a business footing. Included in this plan is the systematic 

 working of the forests with a view to regeneration and growth of future crops, and the disposal 

 of timber and other forest produce to the best advantage. The Commission is exercising its 

 powers with discretion and judgment in getting the new regime gradually under way, but is 

 meeting with considerable opposition from the adherents of the old system of forest working, 

 which was largely at the will of the operator. The forest area of New South Wales is esti- 

 mated to be 11,000,000 acres, of which 5,043,800 acres have been proclaimed State forests and 

 566,730.5 acres are under working plans. It is stated that the available area of timber-bearing 

 land of commercial value in the entire Commonwealth, previously estimated at 97,400,000 

 acres, can be reduced (on the basis of the past year's data) with certainty to about 24,500,000 

 acres. Of this area only about 18,000,000 acres had so far been protected from alienation in 

 the interest of forestry. The estimated proportions in each State of the foregoing total 

 (24,500,000 acres) are: New South Wales, 8,000,000 acres; Victoria, 5,500,000 acres; Queens- 

 land, 6,000,000 acres; Western Australia, 3,000,000 acres; Tasmania, 1,500,000 acres; and 

 South Australia, 500,000 acres. At the instance of the Premier of New South Wales, the 

 importance of ultimately appropriating a National forest area of about 30,000,000 acres for 

 the whole Commonwealth, is being urged for the Commonwealth and the States' considera- 

 tion. This area should comprise about 25,000,000 acres of indigenous forest country, and 

 about 5,000,000 acres of coniferous plantation. During the year 98,372 acres of State forest 

 area were released for settlement, 407| acres were planted to conifers, chiefly Pinus insignis 

 and P. pinaster, and 23,707.5 acres were treated for natural regeneration and silvicultural 

 improvement. A number of trees and fiber plants were tested for pulping material ; the tree6 

 were mountain gum (Eucalyptus goniocalyx) , coral tree (Erythrina), and mountain ash (Euca- 

 lyptus sieberiana). The algaroba bean (Prosopis juli flora) is being tested in a number of 

 localities for fodder purposes. The outer sheathing of the gray ironbark (E. paniculata) has 



