FORESTRY. 1083 



rORISTRY. 



Forestry. A. Schwappach, trans, by F. - don: J. M. Dent d: • 



pp. 158, J ' -- .' translation of Schwappach'e - . in which 



all mart' v k*-al application any is omitted an-: - 



relax- . :. planting fungi, and forest management 



have been 



The diiferer.- resented are a historical sketch of the developmer" 



try. forest statist - si aces, e forest tliza- 



tion. forest managemei - nance, and fores) :nics. Ti ".hile 



greatly condensed, will he fo - : as the principal features relating to for - 



and forest management. 



Forestry investigations. W. nd C. W. Wah - . Bui. 1-58, pp. 



-- "ion in Ohio has taken up the sub; 

 estry inv— gal - and in the present bulletin an account is g 

 suitable f«"T planting - - cultural- .. - and financial 



possibilit- - at the investigations of the station will be confined 



he proble presenl :iletin. Among the 



- suitable for these pnip - - sage orange, mulberry, black or 



and hardy catalpa. A number of plantations of locust and catalpa are described in 

 which the peculiar:* sofgi I thi fferente - - -vd. 



In one plantation of lo - is injury has been experienced by art 



the locust tree ond plantation where the trees g :nore 



and planted on richer s«->il. bo that rapid, healthy growth was secured, there 

 was very little injury nob 



E jgestions are given for growing the different species enumera* in which 



descriptions are given of the methods of handling the seed and seedlings, cultiv 

 of the trees, distance of planting, and subsequent treat- 

 In estimating the returns, the authors claim that, based upon $ g - : ~om 21 to 

 - Id, the annual return for the hardy catalpa is ontheaverag i per 

 acre. This does not include the first cost, rent of land, or in* 

 ment. A single estimate made of a locust grove IS - - - - - - _ - wth 



has been more rapid and the value of the production has been at the rate of $17.98 

 per acre annually for the entire per 



Fourth annual report of the State board of forestry. W. H. Freeman [Anu. 



Stat . — A report is made of the 



operations carried on at the forest reservation and experiment station in Clark 



County. Ind., in which an account is given of the me: - "rearing and planting 



seed- * Ian ting, improvements, etc. 



Pure and mixed plant: g ade of black walnut, chestnut, shellbark hici-: 



and white oak. as well as a tier species, in all about 100 acres being planted. 



In the forest, which si ~ :he management of the State board, t_ 



cultivating has been begun, and about 80 acres was gone over during the summer. 

 All inferior trees and worthl— - - - were cut out and the trees which were left 



ing were pru:- - -ure the best development. There remain about 



acres uncult: _ th about 400 acres which will have to be 



replanted. 



Eetii - - en as to the probable expenditures required to put in condition 



and protect the 3 ton. There!:.: - restry to lumbermen and 



the perpetuation and management of the farm woodlot are discussed, after which 

 :nts are gi -* plantati- ::. --s and a catalpa planting 



of about 20,000 bees. The black locust planting was made of seedling trees 1 

 year old. Thes^ were rapidly planted by thrust:.- into the ground and into 



the hole the roots of the young seedling were thrust and the ground pressed about 



