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Forestry for the farm, J. Gipford {Connecticut State Bd. Agr. Rpt. 190J, pp. 85-95, 

 pis. 5). — It is flaimed that on nearly every farm there are some areas which by reason 

 of soil conditions are better fitted for growing a wood lot than for general farming. 

 If properly cared for these places may be made profitable by planting with suitable 

 species of forest trees. In choosing species for planting adajitability to soil and climate, 

 rapidity of growth, ease of propagation, freedom from disease, and utility must be 

 considered. Directions are given for collecting forest-tree seed, their propagation in 

 the nursery, and methods of j^lanting. The value of the forest nursery is pointed out 

 and suggestions given for propagating forest seedlings, as well as for planting the 

 seed where the trees are to stand. 



The economic value of forests, E. Bruncken [Forestry and Irrig., 9 {190S), No. 

 7, pp. S53, 354)- — Attention is called to the fact that American and English writers 

 on economics have paid but little attention to the economic consideration of forests 

 and forest products. This is attributed to a lack of information on the peculiar posi- 

 tion of the forest as an economic factor. The forest yields its crop at intervals of 50 

 to 150 years and consequently is often disregarded. The author thinks this subject 

 an imi)ortant field for investigation l)y intelligent economists and foresters. 



Should the forests be preserved? {San Francisco: California Water and Forest 

 Js.soc, 1903, pp. 4S,figs. 10). — This is a pamphlet which has been prepared by the 

 Water and Forest Association as an answer to objections that have been raised regard- 

 ing the establishment of new forest reserves and the enlargement of the old reserves 

 in California. It is stated that the preservation of the forests is essential to the 

 })ermanence of agriculture, and the fruit-growing and lumbering interests of the State, 

 and that the establishment of reservations will tend to conserve these interests as far 

 as possible. 



Restoration of forests, O. H. Baker {Tradesman, 50 {1903), No. 2, p. 6"i).— On 

 account of the rapid destruction of the forests in the United States, the author calls 

 attention to the qualities of various Australian species which are believed to be 

 adapted to cultivation on the denuded lands, especially on hilly and rocky ground 

 unfit for general farming. The trees described are mostly species of Eucalyptus, 

 many of which have been successfully grown in California and in other regions with 

 a similar climate. 



Making- the wood lot more profitable, AY. INIulford {Connecticut State Bd. Agr. 

 Rpt. lUO:.', p)p. 71-84, ph. 5). — In a popular lecture the author points out some of the 

 sources of loss and results of mismanagement, and endeavors to show how this may 

 be avoided and the farm wood lot made a source of permanent income. 



A working- plan for forest lands in Hampton and Beaufort Counties, South 

 Carolina, T. H. Sherr,\rd ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Forestrg Bid. 43, P2^- 54, 

 pis. 13, dgms. 11). — The working plan here presented is a result of investigations 

 made by the Bureau of Forestry on a tract of land owned by the Okeetee Gun Club 

 in Beaufort and Hampton Counties, S. C, about 30 miles northeast of Savannah. 



This tract comprises an area of about 60,000 acres and embraces low, flat sand 

 l)lains bordered liy broad swamps along the streams and brooks. Most of the timber 

 has been culled and in some places agriculture has been practiced, but some of the 

 areas have been abandoned and are now growing up to young forests. The original 

 forest comprised dry sand lands and swamp forests, the latter remaining practically 

 intact. Upon drier situations the forest was originally almost a pure forest of long- 

 leaf pine, while in places was a mixture of loblolly, Cuban, and pond pines. The 

 swamps support a varied growth, the most characteristic trees of which are cypress 

 and gums. The different forest types are described at considerable length and esti- 

 mates given of the present stand of a number of measured areas. 



The object of the working plan is to reforest the area and manage it as a forest 

 without interfering in any way with the tract as a game preserve. Suggestions are 



