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iiig them. A careful estimate of the entire tract shows that it may be worked as a 

 sustained annual yield of 14,500,000 ft. per year. The present capacity of the mills 

 erected by the company is 40,000,000 bd. ft. per year, and in order to keep them at 

 their full capacity it would be necessary to increase their area by 170,000 acres of 

 forest land similar to the tract reported u^jon. A brief summary of the rules laid 

 down for lumbering limits the cutting of pine to 14 in. on the stump and hardwoods 

 20 in. A certain number of pine trees over 14 in. on the stump are to be left stand- 

 ing for seed purposes, and wherever practicable the hardwoods on the pine lands are 

 to be cut off. All pine trees 18 in. or over in diameter are to be sawn not higher 

 than 18 in. from the ground, and those below this diameter at 12 in., and care is to 

 be usi'd in felling that as Uttle damage as practicable be done to the young growth. 



Massachusetts forestry, W. R. Sessions [Massacliusetis State Bd. Agr. Rpt. 1901, 

 pj). 332-330). — Some suggestions arc given for future action for the reforesting of the 

 cheap lands of the State. On account of the uncertain income to be derived from 

 forest production the author believes that the State should take up the matter, and 

 not leave'it for private enterprise. One of the important features in connection with 

 reforesting the State is the protection of the water power and water supply l)y furnish- 

 ing a mature forest cover for the hills from which the streams receive their supply of 

 water. It is believed that a large part of the wooded land, waste, and semiwaste 

 land of the State should be purchased and controlled by the State government. 

 Many of these lands can be purchased at a comparatively low valuation, and if the 

 results should prove financially successful, the revenue would necessarily go to the 

 State, reducing the taxes in the various localities. 



Report of the superintendent of forestry for Canada, E. Stewart {Rpt. 

 Dcpt. Tnlcrior Canada, 1901, pt. S, pp. 25, pis. 7). — This report gives the details of the 

 work of the ofhce of the superintendent of forestry, in which the development of tree 

 planting in the Northwest Territories is shown, and the details of the operations con- 

 ducted in various parts of the Donunion are indicated. Notes are given on forest 

 protection from fire, and brief descriptions given of the timber reserves in Canada. 

 Those described are the Riding Mountain reserve, Spruce Woods reserve, Turtle 

 Mountain reserve, Moose Mountain reserve, the Foothills reserve, Eocky Mountain 

 Park, and the railway belt in British Columbia, which consists of a territory about 

 500 miles in length by 40 in width along the main line of the Canadian Pacific Rail- 

 way. An account of the tree planting which has been conducted in the plains 

 region is given, and a plan of cooperation for government tree planting is outlined. 

 In addition, the reports of the assistant superintendent, forest inspectors, and forest 

 rangers are given in the appendix. 



Annual report of the director of forestry of the Province of Ontario, 1900- 

 1901, T.SouTHwoKTH {Rpt. Dir. Foreslr;/, Ontario, 1900-01, pp. 53). — This report con- 

 tains an account of the condition and management of the_ forest reserves in Ontario, 

 together with an appendix on the production of tannin in the same province. The 

 subject of the cutting off of the timber in the older portions of the province has 

 received considerable attention and has been investigated through the aid of the 

 latest obtainable statistics. An analysis of these returns shows that the j^roportion 

 of wooded land in most localities is steadily decreasing. The necessity of correcting 

 this process of deforestation is evident, but the steps to be pursued to prevent it are 

 not apparent. A compilation of the legislation enacted in many of the States of the 

 United States for the encouragement of tree culture and forest maintenance is given 

 as a suggestion for legislative action to remedy the evils of deforestation. 



Management of the farmer's wood lot, W. N. Hutt {Rpt. Dir. Forestry, Ontario, 

 1900-01, j>p. 54-62, figs. 6) . — A description of the average farmer's wood lot is given, 

 which consists usually of mature trees, trees past maturity, prematurely developed 

 trees, healthy growing trees, coppice and seedlings, and stump and waste land. Meth- 

 ods ot replanting are discussed, and the methods of reproduction of different species 



