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foe. — (The Journal of The Jamaica Agricultural Society, Vol. 

 XX, No. 9, September, 1916, pages 361 and 362.) 



Since the opening of the Panama Canal all steamers by that 

 route calling here in transit for coal or provisions have been 

 inspected. The appearance of this pineapple pest in the West 

 Indies emphasizes the necessity of further strengthening our 

 Division of Plant Inspection, for should this pest ever gain a 

 foothold here our pineapple industry would get a severe setback. 



A rapid method of kiln-drying eastern hemlock has been 

 developed at the forest products laboratory at Madison, Wis- 

 consin, whereby shiplap can be dried green from the saw to 

 shipping weight in forty-eight hours. By this method two- 

 inch plank can be dried to shipping weight in six to eight 

 days. 



It is estimated that four-fifths of the water available for 

 irrigation and domestic use in the State of Oregon comes from 

 the timber clad slopes of the national forests. . 



Fires burned twenty-five million board feet of timber on the 

 National forests of Oregon, Washington and Alaska in 1916. 

 The forest service fought 1176 fires in this region during the 

 year at an expense of $19,000. 



The plantings of the Oriental timber bamboo in northern 

 Florida and Louisiana have grown to a height of 25 feet, and 

 there is no longer any question^about their producing in the 

 United States good canes comparable to those which they 

 produce in China and Japan. A quick method of their prop- 

 agation has been worked out so that it will be now possible 

 to supply large enough quantities of the young plants to set 

 out many small areas throughout the South, from the Caro- 

 linas to California, wherever there is sufficient moisture and 

 the land is not too high priced to admit of their cultivation. 



