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The Development of Forest Law in America 



The Historical Presentation of tlic Successive Enactments, by the Legislatures of the 

 Forty-eight States of the American Union and by the Federal Congress, Directed to 

 the Conservation and Administration of Forest Resources. 



By Jay P. Kinney, A.B., LL.B., M.F., Chief Supervisor of Forests, United States In- 

 dian Service, xxxix + 254 pages. 6 by g. Cloth, $2.50 net. 



Confined to a logical presentation of the chronological development of legislation di- 

 rected to the preservation ot existing forest resources, the reforestation of cut-over or 

 burned-over areas, the extension of forest areas, and the systematic management of for- 

 ests tor productive purposes. 



The Essentials of American Timber Law 



By Jay P. Kinney, A.B., L,1,.B., M.F. xxix + 279 pages. 6 by 9. Cloth, $3.00 net. 

 The first book written dealing with this subject. Treats in detail: Classifications of 

 Property, Forms ot Private Possession of Land and Incidents Thereof, Trees and 

 Timber as Property, The Liability ot a Tenant as to Waste, The Doctrine of Waste 

 as Applied to Timber, Remedies for Waste, Civil Liability for Trespass upon Timber 

 and for the Conversion of Timber Products, Statutory Civil Liability for Timber Tres- 

 pass, Injury to Growing Trees as a Criminal Offense, Contracts Regarding Growing 

 Timber, Contracts Regarding the Preparation and Manufacture of Timber Products, 

 Contracts for the Sale of Timber Products, The Inspection and Measurement of Timber 

 Products, The Transportation of Timber Products by Flotation, Standing Timber as 

 Included in a Mortgage. Trees on a Boundary Line or in a Highway, Trees, Nursery 

 Equipment, and Sawmills as Fixtures, and The Policy of the National Government in 

 Regard to the Free Use of Timber Taken from Public Lands. 



Seeding and Planting 



A IManual for the Guidance of Forestry Students, Foresters, Nurserymen, Forest Own- 

 ers, and Farmers. 



By James W. Toumey, M.S., M.A., Director of the Forest School and Professor of Sil- 

 viculture, Yale University, xxii + 455 pages. 6 by 9, 140 figures. Cloth, $3.50 net. 



This book explains the vjliy as well as the /loa', and regards the seeding and planting 

 in forest practice applicable to conditions in the United States. The fundamental 

 principles are emphasized, as well as the details of practice, controlling success or 

 failure in the econrmiical production of nursery stock and the artificial regeneration 

 of forests. 



French Forests and Forestry 



Tunisia, Algeria, and Corsica. With a 'i'raiislation of the Algerian Code of 1903. 



By Theodore S. Woolsey, Jr., M.F., Assistant District Forester, United States Forest 



Service, 1908-1915. xi + 238 pages. 6 by 9, 20 figures. Cloth, $2.50 net. 

 This book gives not merely the facts of forest practice, but the reasons which underlie that 



practice. It emphasizes the results of a study of the more important phases of forest 



practice in Corsica, Algeria, and Tunisia, and sets forth the essentials of methods 



which may be applied directly in the United States. 



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