THE JHAWAIIAN 



rORESTER ^ AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XII. NOVEMBER, 1915. No. 11 



TIMBER PRODUCTIOX FROM UX REMUNERATIVE 



LAXD. 



In Bulletin Xo. 153 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 entitled. "Forest Planting in the Eastern United States," the fol- 

 lowing occurs on page 4: 



"As the soil in portions of the hardwood regions deteriorates 

 under cultivation, larger and larger areas will find their best use 

 in the production of timber. In Indiana alone some 6,000.000 

 acres are at present unproductive." 



Through an unfortunate choice of the word "unproductive" 

 and the term "deteriorates under cultivation" this passage is both 

 inaccurate and misleading, since the area of 6,000.000 acres in 

 Indiana referred to is unproductive merely in the sense of not 

 bringing any returns from cultivated crops. Nor is deterioration 

 in the soil making a large area of farm land in Indiana un- 

 suitable for cultivation and adapted only to the production of 

 timber, as the two sentences, taken together, might seem to imply. 



Where land is low in value and has proved unremunerative, 

 redirection of the farming methods should first be considered. If 

 reasonably satisfactory returns can not be obtained from general 

 or special farming, live stock production, etc., the advisability of 

 planting the cheaper lands wdth timber may well be considered. 



[The foregoing are the contents of an official leaflet just re- 

 ceived. — Ed.] 



Prof. MacCaughey's papers — one of which, on woody plants 

 of Oahu lowlands, appears in this number — help in bringing the 

 work of the College of Hawaii into broader effectiveness. 



Mr. Cooke's article in this number, on his system of cattle 

 breeding, is a good example of how important agricultural inter- 

 ests of the Territorv mav be brousfht into beneficial discussion. 



Air. Judd, the executive officer of the Board of Agriculture 

 and Forestr}-, has come to the assistance of the editor in a 

 manner that ought greatly to increase the value of this magazine. 

 He has written to the chiefs of divisions requesting them, at con- 

 venient intervals, to contribute articles to the Forester upon sub- 

 jects within their special purview. While there is a great deal 



