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Killed by a Falling Tree.— A sad 

 fatality rocently occurred in a wood on 

 the Dunira estate near Comrie, Pertli- 

 shire. Whilst a young man named 

 John McGregor was cutting wood a 

 partly-uprooted tree fell upon him, 

 ciusliing him in a fearful manner, his 

 body being doubled up and his back 

 broken. 



Clog-making. — In almost every 

 d'strict lound almut Shrnpsiiire, Here- 

 fonisliiie, and North Wales, as one 

 travels through the woods, the traces of 

 the clog-makers are to be seen ; this 

 branch of the trade is in rather a good 

 condition wiien compared wilii other 

 branches, and Alder, whicli is the best 

 clng timber, finds a ready market. Of 

 course it saves very considerably by 

 manufacturing in the wood where the 

 tree falls, the railway carriage and 

 liaulage of clogs being so much less 

 than when conveyed in the tree. The 

 price of Alder, like other timber, varies, 

 of course, according to quality, from 

 8d. to lid. per foot. — Timber Trades 

 Journal. 



Forestry IN the Unitf.d States. — 

 The American Association for the 

 Advancement of b'cience has addressed 

 a memorial to the various State Gover- 

 nors, on the importance of preserving 

 and increasing the forestry supplies. 

 The memorial rccommend.5 the protec- 

 tion by law of all trees ])laiit2d along the 

 highways, and the reduction of taxes for 

 encouraging such planting ; also tlie 

 exemption for a time from taxes of bare 



land, which sliall be planted with trees, 

 and the appropriation of money as 

 premiums for successful tree planting. 

 It also suggests that pr'zes should bo 

 offered for the best reports andessayson 

 practical forest raising, to be published 

 and disseminated ; the encourau'ement 

 of educational institutions in introducing 

 a course of instruction on tree raising ; 

 and the imposition of penalties for 

 careless or wilful setting forests on fire. 

 With regard to the timber supply of the 

 United States, it appears from estimates 

 of the amount of Wliite Pine standing in 

 locations available for the markets, that 

 the price of Pine lands in many sections 

 has been greatly advanced. It is stated 

 that no forest of Pine wood on- American 

 territory now remains unexplored, and 

 t!ie entire supply does not exceed 

 8O,0OO,O(J(\O00 feet. Th6 annual pro- 

 duction of White Pino lumber is not far 

 from 10,000,000,000, and the demand is 

 growing beyond the capacities of the 

 forests. In a few years it is expected 

 that there must be a positive cessat on 

 in the sup|)ly of the most generally used 

 lumber. It is hoped, however, that the 

 advance in price will do a little towards 

 curtailing the desiruction of the forests. 

 It is estimated that about 5,000,000 feet 

 of lumber are used annually in the 

 manufacture of oars alone, principally 

 White Ash. The chief manufactories 

 are in Michigan and Ohio, and American- 

 made oars are said to be the smallest, 

 handsomest, most uniform, and alto- 

 gether the best and cheapest in the 

 world. — Tunes. 



