450 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



preparation and tr:uis]i()rt of ((iniiiH'i-cial woods, tlic identification and char- 

 acteristics of various linilter siiecics. Ilio iiiiysical and clicniical i)roperli('s and 

 defects of woods, wood ])reservalioii .-md Icclniolo^'y. ntiii/aliou of woods in 

 various industries, yields and commerce. Tlie nHn(»r forest products, sucli as 

 iKuks, seiMls, dyestuffs, resins, etc, are taken up in similar detail as well as 

 otlier products, incidental to foresti\v, such as litter, turf, jLirass, etc. The work 

 concludes with a hi-ief chapter on the utilization of stones and earth. 



The forests of the United States: Their use, O. W. Price, R. S. Kpxlooo and 

 W. T. Vox {U. ^. Dcpt. A(/i:, Ftjic.st 8crc. Circ. Ill, pp. 25). — A poi)ular discu.s- 

 sion relative to the economic importance of our forests, their extent, e.\i)loita- 

 tion, destruction by fire, and wasteful methods of lumbering and manufacturing, 

 together with suggestions for preserving the lumber supply in this country, in 

 which consideration is given to llie duty of the private owner, economy i'.i the 

 mill, iireservative treatment of timber, use of substitutes, better tax and fire 

 laws, and forestry education. 



Annual report of the department of forestry, C. li. Pettis {Separate from 

 .Y. Y. State Forest, FisJi and (hiinc Coin. Ann. Rpt., 1', {1908), pp. 27-109, 

 pis. 29). — A detailed account is given of tlie operations of the Xew York state 

 forestry department for 1908, the work being discussed under the following 

 general headings: Trespasses, forest fires, annual forest production, reforesting 

 ojierations, the forest preserve, and investigations. 



The investigations conducted in connection with nursery practice noted from 

 another source (E. S. R., 21, p. 335), together with a report on the complete 

 system of reforesting work, including seed collecting, nursery practice, and 

 field planting, as conducted by the New York state forest service (E. S. R., 

 22, p. 242). 



The total output of the forests and woodland of the State of New York for 

 1907 amounted to 1.206,754,365 ft. b. m., an increase of 10,544,731 ft. over that 

 of 1906. Detailed figures are given on the production of lumber and minor 

 products and on the production by species. 



A monograph on forestry in the Famenne, P. Gillet {Ann. Gcmbloux, 20 

 {1910), Xo. I, pp. l')-.'i2). — A detailed account of the forests and forest manage- 

 ment in the Famenne district, Belgium. 



Report of forests, H. N. Thompson {Colon. Ilpts., Misc. [Gt. Brit.^. Xo. 66, 

 pp. 238, pis. 2-'f, map 1). — In part 1 of this report the author describes in de- 

 tail a number of trips made through the forests of the Gold Coast, the character 

 of the country and the vegetation. In part 2 measures are recommended and 

 discussed with a view to conserving the forests and initiating a system of 

 forest jiolicy for their management and development. Part 3 summarizes the 

 l)hysical and climatic features of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the vegetation 

 ftf those countries, and forest distribution. A short account is also given of 

 the conditions affecting plant growth and their influence in determining the 

 geographical distribution of the plants, together with statistics of the expor- 

 tation and importation of forest produce and an estimate of future yield of 

 timber from the forests. 



Forestry in Japan, J. P.. Moore (Conservation, lo {1909), Xo. 12, pp. 127- 

 71/0, figs. 12). — A descriptive account of forestry in Japan treating of the private, 

 imperial, and state fonests, which contain respectively 23,000,000. 6.000.000, and 

 29,000,000 acres. Information is also given relative to the training received 

 by native foresters and the organization of the Japanese bureau of forestry. 



Methods of increasing forest productivity, E. E. Carter {U. 8. Dept. Agr., 

 Forest Serv. Cire. 172, pp. 16). — A popular discussion relative to means of ex- 

 tending our forest areas as well as increasing the quantity and quality of 

 forest products, together with estimates of the increase of forest production 



