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1020. Buffault, PiebBe. L'evolution forestiere, a propos de la reorganization interieure 

 du service des eaux et forets. [The evolution of the forester.] Rev. Eaux et Forets 58: 57-60. 

 1920. — Forest officers should not confine themselves to the management of the public forests 

 and the supervision of fishing. It is of constantly increasing importance that they should 

 also assist private owners and communities in the handling of their forest lands; secure at 

 least approximate information regarding the resources of those forests not submitted to the 

 forest regime; keep more closely in touch with market conditions and the wood-using indus- 

 tries; and encourage the development of fish culture. These functions are already being exer- 

 cised by a number of foresters on their own initiative with excellent results, and should be 

 taken into consideration in connection with the proposed reorganization of the forest service. 

 —S. T. Dana. 



1021. Cannon, D. Le Douglas. [Douglas fir.] Rev. Eaux et Forets 58: 80. 1920.— 

 Douglas fir is not particularly exacting in its demands on soil fertility and prefers siliceous to 

 clayey, and especially to calcareous, soils. As a general rule exotics should be planted on 

 the best available sites and given considerable attention, particularly when young. — 5. T. 

 Dana. 



1022. Cabdot, E. La reconstitution forestiere. [Forest reconstruction.] Rev. Eaux et 

 Forets 58: 89-92. 1920. — Extracts are given from the preface to "Etudes sur l'Amenagement 

 des Forets," by L. Tassy, written shortly after the Franco-Prussian war. The principal 

 conclusions to be drawn from these extracts are that the national forests should be improved 

 (notably by the conversion of coppice into high forest) and enlarged, and that adequate 

 appropriation for the work should be made. These conclusions are equally applicable today 

 in considering the problem of repairing the damages to French forests caused by the recent 

 war. — S. T. Dana. 



1023. Cubtis, Otis F. The upward translocation of food in woody plants. II. Is there 

 normally an upward transfer of storage foods from the roots of trunk to the growing shoots? 

 Amer. Jour. Bot. 7: 286-293. 1920.— See Bot. Absts. 6, Entry 1310. 



1024. de la Hamelinaye, H. Valeur d'avenir des baliveaux. [Future value of reserves.] 

 Rev. Eaux et Forets 58 : 37-39. 1920.— The future value of reserves in coppice under standards 

 is of great importance in evaluating the damages in areas devastated by the war. The value 

 of trees of the same age in stands handled under the same rotation varies considerabby accord- 

 ing to the fertility of the site and the vigor of the trees. A detailed example is given of the 

 method of calculation used by the author. — S. T. Dana. 



1025. Gill, Walteb. Annual progress report upon state forest administration in South 

 Australia for the year ended June 30, 1919. 12 p., 6 pi., 2 maps. Woods and Forests Dept. 

 South Australia, 1919.— This is the regular administrative report of the Department for the 

 period mentioned. It is reported that, of 392,860 trees planted, an average of 90.25 per cent 

 were alive at the close of the year, the greater part being eucalypts and pines. Pinus pon- 

 derosa was planted in the Second Valley Forest, with a notable survival. The year showed 

 an excess of receipts over expenditures.— C. F. Korstian, 



1026. Gtjyot, Ch. Deux devises de politique forestiere. [Two schools of forest policy.] 

 Rev. Eaux et Forets 58: 25-28. 1920.— In a recent article in the same serial, M. Raux advo- 

 cated the public control of private cuttings. Under pretext of conserving the public interest 

 he would destroy, without compensation and at the expense of the owner, the very essence 

 of private property, namely, the right of the owner to dispose of his forest as he sees fit. The 

 days when kings exercised complete control over the property of their subjects are past. 

 Today the citizen in France is regarded as capable of managing his own affairs. Whenever 

 the public interest demands the placing of certain restrictions on the right of property, these 

 restrictions must be accompanied by just compensation. Such control as M. Raux suggests 

 would be vigorously opposed by private owners. Many of these already manage their forest 



