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Forest planting in western Kansas. R. S. Kellogg {V. 8. Dept. Agr., Forest 

 Serv. Circ. 161, pp. 51, figs. 5). — This circular discusses the kinds of forest trees 

 best adapted to western Kansas and similar neighboring regions, and planting 

 methods which have proved most successful. The suggestions given are based 

 upon a study of established plantations. Consideration is given to the physical 

 features and climate of the territory covered, details of planting, cultivation, 

 pruning, uses of different species, and planting plans, together with notes and 

 measurements on a large number of species which have already been grown in 

 western Kansas. 



A study of the forests and reforestation in tlie Valley of the Ubaye 

 (France), H. Vincent (Ann. Sci. Agron., S. scr., Jf {1909). 1, No. 3, pp. 17 Jf- 

 217). — Notes are given on the native and introduced species of trees growing 

 in the forests of the Ubaye Valley, together with a detailed description of the 

 methods of reforestating land In that region. 



Reforestation in the mountains without adjacent nurseries, P. Descombes 

 and H. Devaux {Proc. Verb. 8oc. Sci. Phy^. et Xnt Bordeaux, 1907-8, pp. J,l- 

 J/Jf). — An instance is given of the utilization of cold storage for retarding the 

 growth of forest nursery stock gx'own in a low altitude until the season opened 

 up sufficiently for planting them in the mountains. 



Forest finance, C. A. Schenck {AslieviUe. N. C, 1909, pp. ^). — This is a 

 guide to lectures on forest finance delivered by the author at the Biltmore For- 

 est School. The following leading topics are discussed : Mathematical princi- 

 ples of finance ; increasing^ or decreasing prices ; receipts and expenses in for- 

 estry ; taxes ; protective expenses : capital and money ; interest ; expectation 

 value ; tale value ; gauging the merits of an investment ; and maturity of trees. 



Report of Commission of Inquiry, Tax Lands and Forestry to the gov- 

 ernor and legislature of the State {Rpt. Com. Inq. Tax Lands and Forestry 

 [Mich.^, 190S, pp. I'fS). — This commission was created by the Michigan 'legis- 

 lature of 1907 " to submit to the legislature of 1909 a report setting forth a 

 comprehensive plan for the protection, improvement, utilization, and settlement 

 of the delinquent State tax lands, now owned or that may hereafter be ac- 

 quired, and for the better and more economical administration of the affairs 

 and business of the State connected therewith, and with other denuded waste 

 or "forest land," with a view of developing a consistent and complete policy for 

 administering these lands. This report includes the findings and data secured 

 and the recommendations made by the commission. 



The taxation of forest lands and the eflB.ciency of the fire laws in New 

 Hampshire, J. H. Foster {Bien. Rpt. Forest rp Com. \. //., 1907-S, pp. Ji7-120, 

 pis. 16).— This is a report of investigations conducted by the Forest Service of 

 this Department at the request of the Forestry Commission of New Hampshii-e, 

 relative to the efficiency of the present system of taxing timber lands and of 

 the fire laws of that State. 



Data are given on a number of wood lands examined in different sections of 

 the State. The author discusses the existing tax conditions and points out 

 what the effect would be if the present law were fully enforced. It is con- 

 eluded that " the actual tax burdens imposed on forest lands of the same value 

 are not equal or ' proportionate ' as the State constitution requires, either as 

 between the different towns or different taxpayers in the same town." Sugges- 

 tions are offered for changing the present system of taxation, and the text is 

 given of a proposed statute worked out by the Forestry Commission and others 

 for the development of a new system of taxation. 



The study of the fire laws of the State shows that they are fairly adequate 

 so far as provision for penalties is concerned, but that the work of tire protec- 



