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lands now under way, certain wild sites of great aesthetic and scientific value may be 

 destroyed. Preservation of some of the moors is of especial importance for research in zool- 

 ogy, botany, and geology. Steps have already been taken to reserve cull ivation or affor- 

 estation some areas of particular scientific interest, such as two moors containing the dwarf 

 birch (a relic of the ice-age), and various other small moors. Some other waste lands should 

 also be preserved in their wild state — notably the "pontine hills," which have a steppe flora 

 left from the ice-age, composed of such species as Stipa pennata, S. capillata, Adonis vernalis, 

 Pruuits friiticosa, Coronilla varia and Astragalus. These areas are so small in relation to the 

 total area of moor and waste land that no economic loss will result from their reservation. — 

 W. N. Sparhawk. 



101G. Anonymous. Production de bois apres guerre. [Wood production after the war.] 

 Bull. Trimest. Soc. Forest. Franche-Comte et Belfort 13: 162-165. 1920. — A recent report 

 (reprinted in full) by M. Dabat, Director-General of Waters and Forests, emphasizes the 

 urgent need for the increased production of saw timber. In order to relieve the present situa- 

 tion as quickly as possible he suggests the development of transportation facilities in the less 

 accessible forests and the utilization of the enormous forest resources of the French colonies. 

 The latter involves the education of consumers in regard to the technical qualities of colonial 

 woods, standardization of nomenclature, and revision of the tariff so that the more common 

 colonial woods will not be taxed at the same rate as the more precious ones. Measures which 

 will not yield tangible results for some time include lengthening the rotation of coppice stands; 

 maintaining a larger number of reserves in coppice under standards; converting coppice 

 under standards into high forest; converting hardwood coppice of poor yield into coniferous 

 stands, particularly in mountainous regions and on poor soils; reforestation of unproductive 

 lands; and the purchase of forests by the State, communities, and public service corporations 

 with a view to managing them for the production of saw timber. M. Dabat also urges that 

 the State assist private owners in the handling of their forests; that a service be created for 

 the study of forest statistics and forest economics, as well as of the technical qualities and 

 uses of native, colonial, and foreign woods; and that forest experiment stations be organized 

 under the direction of the National School of Waters and Forests. — Nothing but commenda- 

 tion can be given to the program proposed by M. Dabat. But to carry out such a program 

 and to practice the intensive silviculture which it contemplates, requires men as well as 

 good intentions. It will therefore remain merely a dead letter if the administration persists 

 in its present tendency to decrease, rather than to increase, the forest personnel. — S. T. 

 Dana. 



1017. Anonymous. Skovenes Udbytte 1918-1919. [Total receipts and amount cut in the 

 forests, 1918-19, Denmark.] Dansk Skovforenings Tidsskr. 5: 135-138. 1920.— The total cut 

 from the Danish State forests during the fiscal year 1918-19 is given as 268,948 cubic meters 

 of material; about 20 per cent above the average cut. The total net receipts amounted to 

 4,318,341 crowns. The total forest area is 57,118 hectares and of this the non-producing area 

 17,439 hectares. The net receipts for the total forest area is given as 72.45 crowns per hec- 

 tare; in some cases this was as high as 329.27 crowns. On the basis of the valuation four 

 working circles yielded above 15 per cent interest, three above 10 per cent and eight above 

 6 per cent; there being in all twenty circles in the producing forest area. (One hectare is 2.47 

 acres and one crown usually 28 cents.) — J. A. Larsen. 



1018. Boas, L. H. The possibilities of paper making in Australia. Australian Forest. 

 Jour. 3: 106-107. 1920. — A plea for a careful study of the pulp and paper industry and its 

 establishment in Australia. — C. F. Korstian. 



1019. Boas, L. H. Some lines of forest product research in Australia. Australian Forest. 

 Jour. 3: 75-77. 1920. — The author believes that the most fundamental line of forest research 

 needed in Australia today is a complete investigation of the mechanical properties of all 

 timbers likely to be of commercial value. — C. F. Korstian. 



