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of nearly 140 per cent over the year 191 5, when the consumption was 

 1,405,836 cords, as against 2,104,334 cords in 191 7, or about 50 per 

 cent rise. The increase in total capital investment, including three new 

 mills, was nearly 40 per cent, or 53 million dollars. — Pulp and Paper 

 Magazine of Canada, ]May 8, 19 19, p. 443. 



Among the propositions for the employment of returned soldiers, 

 the removal of hedgerows is suggested in an article by B. X. Wale, in 

 Tlie Journal of the Board of Agriculture (March, 1919, pp. 1408-24), 

 showing the large loss of cultivable land the practice of hedgerow 

 planting around field entails. The loss amounts, according to the size 

 of the enclosed field, of from 4 to 18 per cent of land, besides other 

 losses from shade, upkeep, waste of labor, and harboring of insects 

 and birds. 



Bulletin 40, of 300 pages, on the "Trees of Indiana," has just been 

 issued by the Department of Conservation. It contains a scientific de- 

 scription and a full-page illustration of each of the native trees of 

 Indiana. The qualities and uses of the wood are given, and the 

 value of each species for shade and for forest planting is discussed. 

 This book is free for the asking, but since the supply is limited, if a 

 copy is desired, application should be made at once. 



The U. S. Forest Service is to be applauded for its broadgauge policy 

 of developing all the resources of the National Forests, utilitarian as 

 well as recreational. Such a development is the Laguna Mountain 

 recreation area on the Cleveland National Forest, 14.5 miles from the 

 San Diego-Imperial Valley State highway, on the development of 

 which the Forest Service has already spent $60,000 for an automobile 

 road connection, camping grounds, etc. 



The H. W. \\'ilson Company, of New York, making a specialty of 

 publishing indexes and reference works, has published a three-year 

 cumulation of its x-\gricultural Index for 1916-18, indexing 88 journals, 

 among which are ten foreign ones. The three-year volume contains 

 1,056 pages, with 7,075 references. The additions are published 

 monthly. Among the forestry journals indexed is our own publication, 

 as well as American Forestry. 



The Forest Products Laboratory, at Madison, has prepared a hand- 

 book for inspectors and has conducted short training courses in wood 



