242 EXPEKIMENT STATION EECOED. 



cost is said to he decreasing each yeai*. For a regular tract of 100 acres it is 

 estimated that 2 miles of fire lines should give good protection if kept in repair. 



In connection with the nursery work, observations were made regarding the 

 number of nuts per bushel from the large seeded trees and the number per ounce 

 and pound from the lighter seeded trees. The results are tabulated. 



The total stock on hand in the nursery consists of 37,700 2-year-old seedlings 

 and 402,900 1-year-old seedlings. 



Considerable advice has been rendered to private owners and systematic work- 

 ing plans have been made by the station when requested. A si)ecimeu plan is 

 given here including a general description of the area under consideration, the 

 age of the stand, an outline of planting work, the estimated cost of stock and 

 planting, and the conclusions as to profit. 



From the years 11^K)3 to 1906 the Middletown Water Company planted 121,292 

 trees of various species in the reservoir tract at an expense of $1,662.50. A list 

 is given of the parties who have been supplied by the station with forest seedlings 

 at cost. The total number of trees planted during the year by private owners 

 or corporations was 92,800. The primary purpose of the State forests located at 

 Portland and Union is to disseminate practical information regarding forestry 

 methods, such as improvement by thinning and planting operations. In coopera- 

 tion with the Forest Service of this Department the station has established per- 

 manent sample plats on which the effect of thinning on growth and seedling 

 reproduction will be studied for a series of years. 



Reports from 42 fire wardens indicate that from 8,000 to 10,000 acres were 

 burned over during the year 1905. 



Progress report of forest administration in Coorg for 1905-6, C. D. Mc- 

 Carthy (Rpt. Forest Admin. Cuory. jyOo-li. pji. l.i). — This is a report of progress 

 made in various forestry operations in Coorg during the fiscal year 1905-(>, to- 

 gether with a financial statement. The imi)ortant features of the report are 

 presented in tal)ular form. 



National forests and the lumber supply, T. 11. SHERiiARi) (T. aS'. l)ci>t. A(jr. 

 yvurhook J!)iKi. pp. .J)7-JJ2). — The author discusses the economic phases of the 

 forest problem, the methods of acquiring lumber under the various land laws, 

 the purchase of national forest timber, the effect of the national forests on the 

 price of lumber, and gives a brief account of the management of the national 

 forests. 



It is believed that the definite result of the sale of timber from the national 

 forests will be to sustain the lumber business, to maintain a steady range of 

 timber values and thus to lessen speculation as well as to render possible the 

 miinterrniited devel()])ment of the great industries dependent upon wood. 



Census of manufactures, 1905. Lumber and timber products, J. E. Whel- 

 CHEL and 11. Gannett (Bureau of the Census [U. S.] Bui. 77, pp. 69, pis. 5). — 

 In this bulletin, which forms a part of the report of the census of manufactures 

 for 1905, 30 tables are given containing statistics regarding the various branches 

 of the lumber industry of the United States, including logging, sawing, and 

 planing operations, together with imports and exports of unmanufactui'ed lum- 

 ber and finished products. Tables are also given with reference to the timber 

 regions of the United States. Tlie tables are discussed in detail, together with 

 brief historical and descriptive notes regarding the lumber industry and the dis- 

 tribution of the more important timber species. 



The statistics bear on all the important phases of the industry, including the 

 number of establishments, quantities and value of principal products, capital 

 invested, number of wage-earners, wages paid, and range and distribution of 

 timber species. In a large number of instances the figures for 1905 are com- 

 pared with those of the census of 1900 and other censuses. In Table 1 a com- 



