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nndorpliintiuir. natural rc.mMiorntion of liii^h forost. trontnicnt of coppice sys- 

 tems, average yield from forest huul. the financial aspect of afforestation, timber 

 measuring, the marketiniir. sale and transport of woodland produce, sylvicul- 

 tural notes on broadleaf and coniferous timber trees, measurements for pur- 

 poses of forest mana.i^ement. and estimation of increment on timber crops. In 

 the appendixes are sjiven bei.sjht and volume tables, and compound interest 

 tables. 



The new reconnaissance — ^Working plans that work, A. B. Recknagel 

 {ProcHoc. Amcr. Foicster.s, J/ {JilOil), Ao, J, pp. 1-21). — An account of the work 

 of the section of reconnaissance of the Forest Service of this Department, with 

 outlines of the systems employed in gathering the data for the development of a 

 timber sales policy and in making recimnaissance studies and working plans 

 for the National Forests. 



Experiment stations on the National Forests, S. T. Dana ( I'roc. 8oc. Amcr. 

 Foresters. // (1H09), Ao. 1, pp. 22-29). — A discussion relative to the location and 

 purposes of forest experiment stations which it is proposed to establish in the 

 National Forests. 



Farm forestry, A. Akerman (Forest, Fish and Game, 3 {1909), No. 1, pp. 

 1-22). — A popular syllabus on this subject briefly discussing the life processes 

 of trees, the distinguishing characteristics and utility of some of the more im- 

 portant southern timbers, methods of securing stands of different trees, stand 

 protection, thinning the stand, harvesting the final crop and reproducing the 

 stand. 



Forestry for railroads, E. A. Sterling {Proc. Sac. Ainer. Foresters, 4 {1909), 

 Ao. 1, pp. SO-.'/l). — A discussion of the present i-elations between railroad cor- 

 porations and forestry. 



The author finds that in spite of the iiresent active agitation in behalf of 

 private forestry, forestry is not finding general application in connection with 

 railroad management. This is attributed partially to the financial condition of 

 some of the railroads, but largely to the fact that the Government is unable as 

 yet to supply sufficiently definite data to the railroads relative to the valuation 

 and selection of timber lands, the kind of trees to grow, cost and profit, the 

 period of maturity, the best timber preserving processes, etc. 



Minutes of evidence and appendices thereto accompanying' the second 

 report on afforestation of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into 

 and to report on certain questions affecting coast erosion, the reclama- 

 tion of tidal lands, and afforestation in the United Kingdom ( Rdij. Com. 

 Coast Erosion and Afforest. [Gt. Brit.] Rpt., 2 {1909), pt. 2, pp. VIII+-'f90 + 

 II-\-97, map 1). — The report which these minutes accompany has been noted in 

 a previous number (E. S. R., 20. p. 1039). 



[Report of] the lecturer In forestry, E. J. Zavitz {Ann. Rpt. Ontario Agr. 

 Col. and E-ipt. Farm, 3.'f {I90S), pp. 231-236, figs. 3). — This is a progress report 

 on operations in the college woodlots and plantations and the forest nurseries 

 including notes on cooperative planting operations, and an outline of the forest 

 management policy suggested for the new forest station in the South Norfolk 

 waste area. During the i)ast season about MTn.OOO i)lants were distril)uted to 

 cooperators foi" waste land reclamation. 



Administration report of the forest circles in the Bombay Presidency, 

 including Sind, for the year 1907-8 {Admin. Rpt. Forest Circles Bombay, 

 1907-8, pp. 200-\-G). — This is the annual i)rogress report of operations in the 

 State forests in the northern, central, and southern circles of the Rombay Presi- 

 dency and in Sind. The report for each circle discusses alt(>rations in forest 

 areas, forest surveying, protection work, sylvicultural and miscellaneous opera- 



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