1012 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



(3) A national program of forestry to be equitable and effective must ex- 

 tend to all competitive sources of supply, including Canada as well as the 

 United States. 



(4) A national program of forestry must be extended to include the public 

 timberlands, State and National, as well as those in private ownership. 



(5) A national program of forestry must consider competing substitutes for 

 wood, as well as forest products themselves, in fixing prices. Otherwise, it puts 

 a premium on the use of substitutes. 



Some time ago an experienced German forester expressed himself 

 on artificial vs. natural regeneration as follows : "Fortunately there 

 was a time when it was supposed to be the best method to clear the old 

 conifer and oak stands and replace them by hand. From this time date 

 the dense 20-30-40-50 (now up to 80) year spruce-pine-oak polewoods 

 which luckily today can be shown with pride in many districts. They 

 are the true stands of the future which will furnish much more valu- 

 able material than our old stands (the result of natural regeneration 

 and planting). Clearing deserves, with a few exceptions, preference 

 over natural regeneration, but should be done in small strips so as to 

 secure side shade." 



The Commissioners of the Land Office of the State of New York 

 have lately added to the Adirondack Forest Preserve what is stated to 

 be one of the largest purchases, namely, the Santa Clara Lumber Co.'s 

 tract of 18,000 acres in Township 27, Franklin County. This tract, 

 adjoining the Axton property, includes the whole of Mt. Seward and 

 Mt. Seymour and the beautiful Ampersand Pond. The price paid was 

 about $26 per acre (compared with $6.50 for the Axton tract in 1899), 

 with the reservation, however, of the right of the lumber company to 

 remove 100,000 standards of softwood before 1925. Another purchase 

 of 12,000 acres approaching north slope of Mt. Marcy was also 

 sanctioned. 



According to the best available records the following foresters have 

 received war decorations : Lt. Col. R. E. Benedict, Chev. L. d'H. ; 

 Lt. Col. W. B. Greeley, Chev. L. d'H., D. S. O.; Maj. B. Moore, 

 Chev. L. d'H.; Lt. Col. A. S. Peck, D. S. M.; Lt. Col. T. S. Woolsey, 

 Jr., Chev. L. d'H., D. S. O., Chev. Ordre Leopold. 



If other foresters have received decorations they should report the 

 fact to the Society. 



