30 Forestry Quarterly. 



1. The wood of the Western Hemlock is far superior to that of 

 the eastern tree. It is suitable for use in all ordinary building 

 work ; it furnishes good paper pulp ; it is sufficiently strong and 

 light to make excellent hardware stock, and is particularly 

 valuable for indoor finishing. The bark is half again as rich in 

 tannin as that of the eastern species, 



2. The Western Hemlock has now to contend mainly with a 

 prejudice based on a knowledge of the eastern tree alone. Its 

 qualities entitle it to rank among the valuable timber trees of the 

 continent. 



3. Under favorable conditions the Western Hemlock reproduces 

 abundantly and grows very rapidly. Since these conditions are 

 usually disadvantageous to Red Fir, Hemlock may often be counted 

 upon to reforest cut over lands where Red Fir would probably fail 

 to establish itself. 



A Working Plan for Forest Lands Near Pine Bhtff, Arkansas. 

 By Frederick E. Olmsted. Bulletin No. 32. Bureau of For- 

 estry. Pp. 49, PI. 9, Figs. 9. 



This working plan was made by the Bureau of Forestry at the 

 request of the Sawyer and Austin Lumber Co. The object of the 

 working plan was to determine whether the present tract of the 

 company is large enough to furnish a sustained yield equal to 

 the yearly capacity of tiie mill, and if not, to estimate the ad- 

 ditional area necessary to secure .such a result. 



The holdings of the company consist of 105,000 acres, about 

 59^, of which is bare of merchantable timber. The land in the 

 average is covered with a mixed forest of Loblolly and Shortleaf 

 Pines and hardwoods, the pines forming something over 50'/^ of 

 the stand. 



Passing over the silvicultural descriptions and deductions we 

 come to Part III, Forest Management, in which several yield 

 tables and interest calculations are given. 



Table No. 15, Page 44, Annual Interest represented by future 

 cuts on the capital invested in cut over lands, does not seem de- 

 duciblc from llie stumpa^e values and statement of yearly in- 

 crement pL-r cent, as given. 



On the same page the following statement is made: '' Cutting 

 to the advised diameter limit of 12 inches, breast high, or about 

 14 inches on the stump, with stumpage reckoned at $2.00 per 



