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New Hampshire Forests. Some three hundred 

 deeply interested people attended, many of them 

 of national prominence. 



W. R. Brown, president of the New Hamp- 

 shire Forestry Commission, told about the prog- 

 ress of forestry in New Hampshire during the 

 year. A paper by Montgomery Rollins, on the 

 acquisition of Lost River, was read ; E. E. Wood- 

 bury, an orator of North Woodstock, told of the 

 towns interested in the Lost River, and then 

 there were talks by Dr. Finley, ex-Governors 

 Quimby and Woodruff, Dr. Drinker, Dr. B. E. Fer- 

 now of Toronto, P. S. Ridsdale, executive secre- 

 tary of the American Forestry Association, and 

 others. 



The following day the entire party Journeyed 

 by automobile to Bretton Woods, where Thursday 

 and Friday were spent in viewing the Crawford 

 Notch reserves, and at several important meet- 

 ings discussing forest problems and conditions of 

 the day. The directors of the American Forestry 

 Association held their sessions at the Mt. Wash- 

 ington hotel and the other meetings were at the 

 Mount Pleasant and the Crawford House. 



In the evening of July 18 H. S. Bristol, 

 superintendent of woodlands, for the Delaware & 

 Hudson Railroad Company, spoke on problems of 

 forestry as they relate to the railway ; Prof. 

 Walter Mulford of Cornell discussed the pros- 

 pects of forestry as a profession ; Prof. W. C. 

 O'Kane of the New Hampshire State College 

 spoke on the present status and prospects of the 

 gypsy moth and the brown tail moth in the 

 state : George H. Wirt, chief forest inspector of 

 Pennsylvania, gave an illustrated lecture on the 

 management of state forests in Pennsylvania. 



At the annual meeting of the Society for the 

 Protection of New Hampshire Forests held on 

 the morning of July 19, reports were made on 

 the gratifying progress of the society's work in 

 the past year. In addition, Herbert Welsh of 

 Philadelphia, spoke about the progress upon the 

 Sunapee Forest Reservation, and Harris A. Reyn- 

 olds, secretary of the Massachusetts Forestry 

 Association, told how he is organizing branch 

 associations in that state. 



The ever interesting and vital question of the 

 taxation of forests was discussed at the conclud- 

 ing meeting of the conference on Friday after- 

 noon. Dr. B. E. Fernow spoke on the principles 

 underlying the taxation of forests ; Prof. F. R. 

 Fairchild of Yale, discussed the taxation of for- 

 ests in America and abroad, and Prof. Charles 

 J. Bullock of Harvard, gave his ideas on prac- 

 tical plans for taxation in New Hampshire and 

 Massachusetts. The other foresters and lum- 

 bermen present joined in the discussion, which, 

 while it resulted in the enlightenment and in- 

 struction as to ways and means, of all who were 

 present, did not reach any definite conclusion 

 as to the best way to overcome existing diffi- 

 culties. 



In the evening at the Crawford House, Philip 

 W. Ayres, forester of the Society tor the Pro- 

 tection of New Hampshire forests, gave an Illus- 

 trated address on the forests of the White 

 mountains. 



Wants Maple Dimension 



A concern located in New York City writes 

 Hardwood Record office asking to be supplied 

 with the names of manufacturers of maple dimen- 

 sion stock. Hardwood Record has supplied such 

 information as is available and if any other 

 concern desires to be put in touch with this 

 party it is only necessary for it to address a 

 letter to this office making that request. 



Indiana Lumberman Married 



Word has been received from Crawfordsvllle, 

 Ind., that Henry LeRoy Burkholder of Craw- 

 fordsvllle was married to Miss Olive Llsse at 

 the home of the bride in Coushatta, La,, on 

 Wednesday morning, Aug. 21. 



Mr. Burkholder Is the son of Samuel Burk- 

 holder of Crawfordsvllle, who is not only well 

 known locally but is prominent in Indiana lum- 

 bering circles, and is an active exponent of the 



application of conservative forestry ideas in th« 

 state. Mr. Burkholder, Jr., has made his home 

 at Homer, La., during the last year where hi. 

 has been employed in the lumter business. The 

 couple will be at home in that place after 

 Sept. 21. 



To Manufacture Hardwoods 



The Yellow Poplar Lumber Company of Coal 

 Grove, O., announces that it has purchased exten- 

 sive timber areas on which grow oak, chestnut 

 and basswood and that in addition to its enor- 

 mous output of poplar, which has been the bulk 

 of this company's manufacture, it will saw these 

 woods. The concern is making a specialty now 

 of quartered white oak for which it has a splen- 

 did source of supply of virgin white oak timber. 

 The company will specialize from now on in 

 white oak as well as poplar. 



Woods to te Exhibited 



A feature of the Western North Carolina Fair 

 which is scheduled for Oct. 8 to 11 at Asheville, 

 N. C, will be an extensive exhibit of forest 

 products as submitted by manufacturers from 

 various parts of the state. 



It is hoped that the exhibit will contain a 

 collection of various important commercial trees 

 from North Carolina in the form of lumber. 

 An effort is being made to have manufacturers 

 lay aside unusually good specimens of their 

 products for exhibition purposes. They are 

 requested to consider such qualities as width, 

 figure and clearness. 



A prize will be offered for the best individual 

 exhibit of plain and figured stock, both for 

 the best single board and the best collection. 

 This plan is more or less of an innovation, 

 and if carried out on a more extensive basis 

 in other localities, it should go a long ways 

 toward correcting the abuses which are constant- 

 ly burdening the lumber trade. 



Ties Scarce in Australia 



The state of New South Wales, Australia, 

 through its Department of Works recently is- 

 sued a requisition for a large supply of railway 

 ties to be used in connection with an extension 

 of the railroad line between Wagga and Tum- 

 barumba. Over seventy thousand ties will be 

 required, and in spite of the fact that this has 

 been given wide publicity, no offer has as yet 

 been received to supply them. 



This would seemingly indicate that the local 

 supply of hardwood is getting low. Hardwood 

 ties running into the hundreds of thousands 

 have annually been exported from New South 

 Wales to other states, and the question of 

 where to secure a sufficient quantity to meet 

 local demand is puzzling the officials. This 

 condition prevails in spite of the fact that 

 reforestation and conservative cutting are thor- 

 oughly carried on in the state. The lack of 

 bids on the tie order seems more surprising in 

 view of the fact that the line is owned and 

 operated by the state government. 



New Virginia Development 

 The Tyco River Development Company is the 

 style of a new corporation just organized at 

 Lynchburg, Va. The concern is capitalized at 

 $300,000 and was organized for the purpose of 

 developing an area of approximately 10,000 acres 

 of timber holdings, consisting mainly of high- 

 grade hardwood. The new concern will immedi- 

 ately install mills and all accessory machinery 

 for the manufacture of its timber, 



Philadelphia Concern Completes Improve- 

 ments 



It is announced in Philadelphia that the Had- 

 dock-France Lumber Company has now completed 

 all improvements which have been going on at 

 Mt, Sterling, N. C. The additions will increase 

 considerably the capacity of the company's mill 

 at that point. In addition to the plant equip- 

 ment, the company has purchased steam skid- 



ders and also erected two dry-kilns. The old 

 method of conveying the lumber from the Mt. 

 Sterling mill to the Tennessee and North Caro- 

 lina Railway, two and a halt miles away, was by 

 an inclined railway. It is hoped, however, that 

 in the near future a spur line will be con- 

 structed, bringing the railroad much nearer the 

 mill. The benefit of this improvement is 

 apparent. 



The mill at present is cutting hemlock, poplar, 

 chestnut and basswood from its own timber, 

 which is of high quality. The company reports 

 that piano manufacturers are taking a great 

 deal of chestnut. 



Liunhermen's Underwriting Alliance Shows 

 Good Record 



The semi-annual statement covering the first 

 six months of the year, as submitted by the 

 Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance of Kansas 

 City, Mo., calls attention to a very favorable 

 showing made during this period. Losses ag- 

 gregating but $61,085.11, a little over one-fifth 

 of the earned premiums were recorded. After 

 returning to subscribers savings amounting to 

 $94,541,16. the surplus and re-insurance re- 

 serve was increased from $607,386.67 on Jan- 

 uary 9, 1912, to $674,148.29, July 9, 1912. 



Adjustment expenses during the six months 

 mentioned were $288.63. For the fiscal year of 

 1911 they were less than a half of one per cent 

 of the yearly premium deposited. 



Bulletin No. 56, issued by the Alliance, under 

 the same date as its statement, says that the 

 general flre loss ratio of the United States and 

 Canada showed a downward tendency in June, 

 the total amounting to a little more than $16,- 

 000,000 for the month. This is the lowest 

 monthly record for the year, and is more than 

 four million dollars below June, 1911, and May, 

 1912. 



"This docs not apply, however, to lumber prop- 

 erty losses, as the losses in lumber manufac- 

 turing plants during June aggregated $2,512,000, 

 more than double the total for May, and nearly 

 an eighth of the loss for the entire country. 

 The unusual early heat and drought in the 

 Northwest and in Canada brought many heavy 

 losses in these sections. 



The chief hazards of the late summer and 

 fall are dry weather and labor shortage. Elec- 

 trical storms are also frequent during this 

 period. As a remedy against the first evil, premises 

 should be plentifully sprinkled, thus robbing 

 sparks of their power to do mischief. Of course 

 ' close watching by night watchmen will very 

 materially help to keep down the fire hazard. 

 The question of depleted forces is a serious one, 

 particularly in the South where it will probably 

 continue until the cane and cotton crops have 

 been gathered. With shortened help, the first 

 necessity is to so divide the responsibility that 

 each department will co-operate, thus minimizing 

 the chances of fire starting. The constant 

 danger of fires at quitting time has lead a 

 number of companies to detain one man after 

 all the others have gone to make a thorough 

 inspection of the entire premises. This has 

 jirovcn extremely advantageous. Of course the 

 question of cleanliness and the absence of saw- 

 dust and refuse of various kinds, as usual com- 

 mands a considerable portion of the bulletin. 

 The absence of any material of this nature 

 would be a very successful preventative of in- 

 cipient blazes. 



Such other suggestions as drilled flre depart- 

 ments are also contained in the bulletin, and 

 the methods and accomplishments of various 

 large concerns operating on this basis are given. 

 Hydrants and the proper form of nozzle are also 

 spoken of. Speaking of the nozzle, one of the 

 inspectors for the Alliance says that the spray 

 nozzle has decided advantages over the ordinary 

 nozzle throwing a solid stream. The advantage 

 of this type of nozzle is particularly evident in 

 putting out incipient blazes as it does not 



