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A History of the Lumber Lidustry in the State of Nezv York. By 

 William F. Fox, Bulletin No. 34 ; Bureau of Forestry, De- 

 partment of Agriculture ; pp. 59, PI. 30. 



This recent bulletin cannot fail to be of interest to all con- 

 nected with lumber and lumbering in this State. To the student 

 of economics, of industrial history, it will also be of value in por- 

 traying the growth of one of the greatest industries of the country. 



The author. Col. William F. Fox, from a boyhood on the rafts 

 and in the woods of the Alleghanies, to Superintendent of 

 Forests in New York State, has been intimately connected with 

 lumbering interests in the State. 



The history takes up the industry from its infancy, the pioneer 

 with his ax hewing rough timbers and hauling them to town 

 with his ox yoke ; and carries it through its growth to its 

 splendid maturity, reaching its supreme excellence in the logging 

 railroad, the steam skidder and the band saw. 



The intimate knowledge with which the author tells of the old 

 rafting days, of the river driving with their attendant romance, 

 excitement, danger, render the reading more like that of a novel 

 than a prosaic bulletin or industrial history. 



Excellent chapters on the pulp industry, log works, tan bark 

 and finally, a roll of the pioneer lumbermen are included. 



The Western Hetnlock. By Edward T. Allen. Field Assistant, 

 Bureau of Forestry. Bulletin No. 33, Bureau of Forestry, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. Pp. 55, PI. 23, Figs. 5. 



This bulletin is one of a series being prepared by the Bureau of 

 Forestry treating of the individual tree species of commercial 

 importance throughout the United States. It was especially 

 undertaken for the direct economic purpose of overcoming the 

 false prejudice existing in the lumber trade against the Western 

 Hemlock, T. heterophylla. 



This magnificent timber tree is at present unrecognized in the 

 trade because of the taint cast upon it by the reputation of the 

 eastern species, and is only saleable by mixing small quantities 

 of the best grades with the Red Fir and Spruce. 



In this valuable bulletin Mr. Allen treats of the methods of 

 exploitation, sale and utilization of the hemlock, also giv^es tables 

 of growth and notes on its silvicultural characteristics. He sum- 

 marizes : 



