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consumption, the next species being hemlock, with nearly i6 per cent. 

 The increased use of hardwoods — beech, birch, maple, and chestnut — 

 is noteworthy, although even now representing not quite 4 per cent, the 

 bulk of the wood being used in soda and sulphate processes. Maine is 

 still the leading producer, with only 33 establishments, while New York, 

 with 75 establishments, is second, and Wisconsin, with 46, is third. 



In these times of investigations into cost of production and official 

 price-making, it is interesting to note that the prices paid for pulpwood 

 f. o. b. mill ranged from $3 to $24 and up to over $30 for rossed, the 

 majority of mills paying between $6 and $18, the average for the coun- 

 try being $11 to $12 for rough, $15 to $16 for peeled, $20 to $21 for 

 rossed, and $8 to $9 for slabs. Comparing these prices with those pre- 

 vailing, in 19 10, they show an increase of about 50 per cent. Imports 

 of pulpwood are not reported, but imports of woodpulp amounted to 

 around 31.5 million dollars against an export of 1.7 million dollars, 

 imports over exports having grown to five times what they were ten 

 years ago. 



Thirteenth Anniidl Report of the Commissioner of Forestry, State 

 of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Made to the General As- 

 sembly at Its January Session, ipip. Providence, R. I., 1919. Pp. 8. 



A useless essay on the wrongdoings of farmers and lumbermen. 



B. E. F. 



Forest Disease Surveys. By J. R. Weir and E. E. Hubert. Bulletin 

 No. 658, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1919. 



A very well argued plea for a more intensive determination of dis- 

 ease conditions of timber offered for sale in National Forests or else- 

 where, to determine cull per cent ; also for pathological maps to accom- 

 pany timber estimates, location of nurseries and plantations. The 

 methods to be pursued are conveniently tabulated. 



