note;s 307 



2. A campaign for more widespread and better protection from fire 

 on private, State, and National Forests. 



3. A better personnel and better salaries in the Forest Service, with 

 possibly some reorganization. Has the time come for "district super- 

 visors," with more authority than the present supervisor has and 

 greater responsibility ? 



4. Obligatory regulation and no more long-term sales (with the 

 possible exception of Alaska). 



5. Development of road and railroad transportation to tap timber 

 now going to waste. 



6. A continuance of research and especially more investigation along 

 forest management lines, and to determine damage to reproduction 

 from grazing of goats, sheep, cattle, and horses. 



7. The appointment of a National Forest Advisory Committee from 

 outside the Forest Service, to meet once or twice a year at Washington 

 and discuss with the Forester economic and other problems. 



T. S. W., Jr. 



A Word on Reviews 



Many of the reviews published in the Journal of Forestry lack 

 the critical analysis which make reviews so well worth reading. Too 

 frequently they merely give a synopsis of the subject matter without 

 commenting on the quality of the conclusions. Those interested in 

 studying reviews of the first water by those foremost in their several 

 professions would do well to look over a number of The Yale Review, 

 which is to be found in all large public libraries. 



T. S. W., Jr. 



Finland's 1920 Agricultural Budget 



The Finnish Ministry of Agriculture has estimated its budget for 

 1920 at 68,617,400 Finnish marks, an amount exceeding the budget 

 for 1919 by 21,500,100 marks. The largest single item is that of 

 forestry, being estimated at 8,800,000 marks, or nearly 13 per cent of 

 the total; redemption of tenant land comes next with 6,000,000; land 

 improvement, 4,000,000, and reclamation and terracing of swamp land, 

 1,500,000. There is also a considerable item for colonization. 



