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prodtu-tive liy planting it with trees. Some of these areas are descrihed, and the 

 planting of willow, cottonwood, black locust, black wahnit, tulip tree, yellow and 

 white pines, and white cedar is recommended. Particular stress is paid to the plant- 

 ing of willows for osier purposes. The methods for preparing the ground are 

 described, as well as the distance of planting, and subsequentcultivation and prepara- 

 tion for market. A report is given of a 15-acre osiery planted 8 years before at an 

 expense of $73.60 per acre which yields annually a net profit of |85 per acre. 



Forestry in Ohio, W. R. Lazenby [Foredry and Irrlg., 9 (190.3), No. 2, pp. 99, 

 100). — According to tlie writer, less than 1-4 per cent of the area of Ohio is forested 

 and the destruction of this small proportion is still going on. Attention is called to 

 the desiraV)ility of retaining forests, and forest planting for timber, shelter, and orna- 

 mentation is recommended. The different kinds of lands and different methods of 

 lilanting for these purposes are described. In order to foster scientific foresting the 

 author recommends the exemption from taxation of a certain percentage of wood 

 land on each farm, the appointment of a State commissioner of forestry, the estab- 

 lishment of a school of forestry in connection with the State university, the establish- 

 ment of a State arl)oretum where every species of forest tree could be grown, and the 

 securing by the State of lavue tracts of cheap lands to be managed as State reserves 

 for jiermanent forests. 



Conservative lumbering at Sewanee, Tennessee, J. Foley ( U. 8. Dept. Agr., 

 Bureau of Forestry Bui. 39, pp. .36, pis. 12). — An account is given of the results of 

 the management of the forest owned by the University of the South, at Sewanee, 

 Tenn., the work being carried on under direction of the Bureau of Forestry of this 

 Department. The forest in question had been badly used and was steadily declining 

 in value. In 1900 the Bureau of Forestry undertook its management, the principal 

 condition being that it should be done at no cost to the university. A plan of 

 management was devised which has proved profitable and has left the forest in good 

 condition after lundoering. When the cooperative plan was begun a conservative 

 estimate of $3,000 was the value placed upon the timber. Under the plan of man- 

 agement a net profit in 1900-1 of $1,500 was secured, the following year about $1,200. 

 It is said that 4 years more of lumbering remain to be done and for at least 3 years 

 the annual profit should be about $1,500 a year, making the forest yield a profit of 

 about $7,000 from timber formerly valued at $3,000. These profits were made pos- 

 sible through the careful planning of the lumbering in order to prevent waste and to 

 secure the largest returns from the merchantable trees. In all the cuttings provision 

 was made that the land should again produce valuable timber. 



The report describes the forest in detail, enumerating the various species of trees, 

 their characteristics and distribution, and gives recommendations for the future man- 

 agement of the tract. The reconmiendations can not be considered specific for the 

 management of similar tracts in other regions of the South. The effects of fire, 

 overgrazing, insect injuries, and improper cutting are described, and the methods of 

 lumbering which were adopted are given at considerable length. 



Evidence taken before departmental committee of the board of agricul- 

 ture on British forestry [London: Wyman & Sons, Ltd., 1903, pp. lV-^241, 

 dgms. 4). — This consists of the evidence taken before a departmental committee 

 aijpiiinted by the board of agriculture to inquire into and report upon the condition 

 of British forestry. The general impression is given that the management of British 

 forests is unskillful and that it could be readily improved. This condition is due to 

 a great degree to the fact that the wood lands are not always planted or managed 

 for revenue, but often as game preserves or for ornamental purposes. The forests of 

 Scotland on the whole are said to appear better than those in England, but, accord- 

 ing to the evidence, while the planting in Scotland is to be commended there is 

 much subsequent mismanagement. Public forests are well managed on the whole, 

 as is shown by reports of the condition of different crown lands. 



