308 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



Last fall the force at the Great Basin Experiment Station, Ephraim, 

 Utah, made a very satisfactory demonstration of a new use to which 

 an automobile may be put. The supply of wood for the ensuing winter 

 was sawed by means of a 20-inch circular saw driven by placing the 

 belting over the rim of the rear wheel of a Dodge automobile. Seven 

 cords of pole wood were sawed into stove lengths in seven 

 hours at a cost of little under $2 per cord. The outfit worked excel- 

 lently in sticks not over 8 inches in diameter. For larger pieces a 30 

 or 32-inch saw would have been better as it was necessary to turn the 

 larger logs. 



A unique and interesting timber sale was made recently on the Manti 

 National Forest in central Utah. Quercus gambelli and Acer grandi- 

 dentatum from 1 to 4 inches in diameter breast high and averaging 

 approximately 50 years old were cut in 4-foot cordwood lengths, and 

 were sold at a stumpage rate of 50 cents per cord. This material was 

 shipped to an Ogden packing house where it was used for smoking 

 meat. It is reported that the operator sold the cordwood at $8 a cord 

 f.o.b. Ephraim, Utah. 



A considerable development in forestry is taking place in the Balkan 

 region. Issues of the Oest. Forst und Jadg Zeit. for the latter part of 

 1919 have numerous items dealing with developments in this region, 

 including the establishment of provincial offices for forests and agri- 

 clultural administration in Jugo-Slavia, a new forestry association in 

 Bosnia-Herzegovinia, and the establishment of a forest school in 

 Saravejo offering a two-year course. 



Prof. S. N. Spring has resumed his work as professor of Silviculture 

 at Cornell University on January 1. Since his return from France 

 he has been teaching silviculture, forest law and policy in the Depart- 

 ment of Forestry, University of Missouri. 



