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Financial results of forest management, P>. E. Feknow (ForcKtry and 

 Irriff., 13 (11)01). So. 2. />/>. 81-86, JUj. 1). — The author traces the progress and 

 presents data as to financial results of Saxon and Prussian forestry adminis- 

 trations. The Saxon forestry area is said to l)e comparable to Now Enghiud 

 conditions and the Prussian areas to the conditions existing in our southern 

 pineries and the forests of the IMiddle Atlantic and Central States. The fol- 

 lowing are the net returns realized per dollar of expenditure at W different 

 periods in Saxony and I'russia, respectively: In 1S5(), $1.51 and .$1.25; 1880, 

 !K2.00 and $1.05; 1004, $1.77 and $l.<i(',. 



The author believes that nmch better I'esults can be secured from our own 

 forests providing we take advantage of the hundred years of mistakes and 

 successes in forestry administration in foreign countries. 



Annual report of the director of forestry, fiscal year 1906, G. P. Ahern 

 {\ I'liilippitic] Bur. Forc.'iti-y Rpt. 1906, />/>. 27. pli<. 16). — An account of the or- 

 ganization of the bureau and forest districts, field work in the different dis- 

 tricts, and laboratory tests. In an appendix a summary is given of the list of 

 licenses issued, amount of timber cut under licenses granted during 1905 and 

 1906, the utilization of forest products from public lands on which government 

 charges have been collected, the api)lications for permits to make forest clear- 

 ings, applications for homestead, purchase, and lease of public lands, imports 

 and exports of timber and other forest products into the Philippine Islands, and 

 of appropriations, expenditures, and revenues for the Bureau of Forestry since 

 its organization. 



Tests were made w'ith a large number of Pacific-coast timbers to determine 

 their resistance against attacks of anay (white ant) and of decay. The timber 

 was divided into three series. Series A was untreated and served as a check, 

 .series B was treated with mercuric chlorid, and C with creosote. As a result 

 of this experiment it was determined that only imtreated woods suffered from 

 the attack of the ant. Fungus diseases had not thus far developed in any case. 



In a test of ropes made l)y home and foreign manufactures, it was shown that 

 rope manufactured in Hongkong and the United States was superior to that 

 manufactured in the islands. This superiority is believed to be due to modern 

 methods of manufacture and the use of high-grade hemp- 



The Michigan forestry convention, J. Ihlder {World To-Day, 12 (1907 ), 

 .\o. 2. pp. 209-211, fitjK. 3). — The chief pur])Ose of the Michigan Forestry Associa- 

 tion is said to be to secure the reforestation of cut-over timber lands of no value 

 for general agricultiu'al purposes. 



It is hoped that this can be secured by the enactment of laws i>roviding for ad- 

 equate protection from the fires which yearly sweep over the cut-over lands, 

 for a rational system of taxation under which the trees will be considered as a 

 crop to be taxed when harvested instead of yearly with the land, for the aboli- 

 tion of the homestead law, and the exacting of a mininunn price of $5 an acre 

 for all State lands in order to prevent real estate speculation with these lands. 

 If these laws can be obtained, it is believed that owners will be encouraged to 

 allow the trees to grow until maturity instead of cutting them down when they 

 are large enough to make fence ]Hjsts. 



How to cultivate and care for forest jalantations on the semiarid plains 

 {U. -b'. Dcpt. A(/r.. Forest Scrr. Circ. oJ/, pp. -'/). — This Jeafiet gives concise in- 

 struction for the preservation and maintenance of soil moisture in forest planta- 

 tions in semiarid regions. The jiroper distance to space trees for continued 

 cultivation, nuilching, tools, and methods of cultivation are dealt with. The 

 planting of crops between trees is said to be unwise, since the trees are de- 

 I)rived of available moisture. The planter is cautioned to afford proper protec- 

 tion against grazing and fire- 



