No. 1, Mat, 1921] FORESTRY 27 



203. Sylven, Helge. Skogsvardsforhallandena i Nordamerikas Forenta Stater och dess 

 skogars framtid. [Forestry and the forest outlook in the United States of America.] Skogen 

 6: 257-271. Fig. 1-10. 1919. — The article gives a survey of the country's original and pres- 

 ent timber resources; it rehearses the well known story of forest devastation which has led 

 to the present agitation for a national forest policy. The provisions of the policy proposed 

 by the U. S. Forest Service are outlined. Considerable "space is given to the organization of 

 the Forest Service. The author welcomes the entrance of the U. S. A. into the field of for- 

 estry as an important step toward the welfare, not only of the country itself but of the entire 

 world. Expression is given to the idea that the forest question before the industrial world is 

 no longer one of commercial competition, but how best to meet the problems of production, 

 distribution, and utilization with a view toward supplying the needs of all countries. It is 

 prophesied that the United States will rapidly take a place among European nations in the 

 practise of forestry once the control of forest affairs is placed in the hands of the American 

 foresters, to whose ability and enthusiasm he pays a high tribute. — G. A. Pearson. 



204. TouMET, J. W. Reshaping our forest policy. Sci. Monthly 12: 18-35. 1921.— The 

 failure of the U. S. A. to retain control of the forests and the consequent exploitation by pri- 

 vate owners without reference to continuation of the forest has resulted in an acute situa- 

 tion. The lumberman and paper manufacturer, as well as the forester, are beginning to 

 realize the necessity of a change, especially in view of the increasing prices of forest products. 

 — Three leading policies are now before the country : (a) The program of the Committee of the 

 Society of American Foresters; (b) the program of the American Paper and Pulp Association 

 and various lumber interests; (c) the program of Colonel H. S. Graves, former Chief of the 

 United States Forest Service. These do not differ in desired results, but in methods of attain- 

 ing them. The first proposes that laws be enacted by Congress imposing severe penalties on 

 private owners who do not organize their property and practise forest renewal. The second 

 insists that through co-operation and financial support the nation and the states make sus- 

 tained yield on privately owned forests attainable without loss to the owner. The last urges 

 that the state enforce mandatory regulations and provide adequate assistance in co-opera- 

 tion with the National Government to make forest renewal certain. Under this plan federal 

 legislation would control extension of national forests, co-operate with the states in forest 

 protection and silviculture and have control over such questions as forest taxation and 

 insurance, loans on growing timber, land classification, forest surveys. State legislatures 

 would enact laws holding private owners responsible in case of forest devastation. This plan 

 would necessitate effective measures for organization, police regulations for fire control, effec- 

 tive disposal of slash in all cutting operations, establishing cutting methods suited to each 

 forest type, etc. — L. Pace. 



205. Turner, E. P. Report of forestry department of New Zealand for year ending March 

 31, 1920. S6 p. Wellington, New Zealand, 1920. — An annual report covering all forest 

 operations. During the last session of the General Assembly the State Forests Act of 1908 

 was amended to provide for the proclamation of national-endowment lands as provisional 

 state forests. 3,311,000 acres of Crown lands and 56,066 acres of national-endowment lands 

 were proclaimed provisional State forests during the year under recent legislative enact- 

 ments. While largely forest of a protective character, a considerable area carries forest of 

 present value for milling. The use of firewood for domestic purposes requires encouragement 

 in every reasonable way. Coal is increasing in value and its use should be confined to those 

 purposes for which firewood is not a satisfactory substitute. Approximately 11,724,000 trees 

 were raised in the four State nurseries the past year : 3,710,900 were sent to various planta- 

 tions and 277,235 to farmers and local bodies. A valuable and exhaustive report by Sir D. E. 

 HuTCHiNS on the forests of the North was published during the year. — E. R. Hodson. 



206. WiMBUSH, A. Prolific growth of root-suckers in Dalbergia latifolia. Indian Forester 

 46: 573. 1 pi. 1920.— Roots cut off at a depth of four feet send up strong shoots from that 

 portion not connected with the parent tree. — E. N. Munns. 



