346 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



The U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, at Madison, Wis., has devel- 

 oped a method of making laminated gunstocks which would without 

 reducing the strength permit the use of the small pieces of walnut not 

 suitable for single-piece stocks. This would facilitate production and 

 result in appreciable saving in costs and material. The application of 

 laminated construction to many articles of trade is a development 

 worthy of close study. Work is being done at the laboratory on the 

 drying of willow for artificial limbs. While air-seasoning takes from^ 

 three to five years, experiments seem to indicate that the drying can be 

 done in kilns in from 60 to 70 days. 



A bill which provides for the acquiring of land by the Government 

 through exchange with private owners holding land or timber within 

 two miles of the present Lolo, Missoula, and Bitterroot National For- 

 ests is now pending in Congress. Only such land as is chiefly valuable 

 for forest purposes is considered for acquisition by the Government, 

 and provision is made for the giving of agricultural land, timber, or 

 certificates redeemable in timber, in exchange. Timber purchased on 

 certificates is to be removed under the Forest Service timber-sale 

 regulations. 



The Dominion parks of Canada, which are maintained as wild-life 

 sanctuaries, include an area of 7,927 square miles, or more than 5,000,- 

 000 acres, nearly equal to one-half the total area of Switzerland, almost 

 as large as Belgium, and nearly 1,000 square miles greater than the 

 area of Wales. Jasper Park alone, which includes 4,400 square miles, 

 is larger than Montenegro and almost twice the size of Prince Edward 

 Island, as shown by data furnished by the Dominion Parks Branch, 

 Department of the Interior. 



The Governor of Idaho is favoring a reorganization which embodies 

 a change in the method of administering the State forests. There is an 

 opportunity for the formation of a strong and progressive administra- 

 tive body which will co-operate to the best advantage with the several 

 protective associations of the State and the Forest Service. The or- 

 ganization of a non-political State forestry board and the appointment 

 of a competent State forester are contemplated. 



New regulations issued by the Federal Horticultural Board of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture governing the importation of 

 plants, etc., into the United States, coming into force on June i next. 



