156 journal of forestry 



Report of the Editorial Board 



January 18, 1917. 

 Inasmuch as the management of the Proceedings of the Society 

 during the year 1916 has been along normal and well-established lines, 

 the retiring Editorial Board at this time wishes to confine its report to 

 the future of the official organ. Financial problems and questions of 

 distribution involved in the future issuance of the organ are covered 

 in the report of the Treasurer. 



By its December ballot, the Society has sanctioned the amalgama- 

 tion of the Proceedings with the Forestry Quarterly and this amalgama- 

 tion is now an accompHshed fact. The name adopted for the new 

 publication, as proposed in the ballot, is to be the Journal of 

 Forestry. The Journal will henceforth appear eight times each 

 year at monthly intervals, with the omission of the summer months. 

 Its size will be from 100 to 150 pages per issue and will incorporate the 

 best features of the two parent publications. Since the Journal is to 

 be the organ of the profession and the Forestry Quarterly was the first 

 professional organ in the field it seemed advisable to retain the continuity 

 of the old and original forestry publication, by giving the first volume 

 of the new Journal the number XV in succession to the 14 volumes of 

 the Quarterly already extant. 



The contents of the Journal will represent the following departments : 



Original Articles 



Notes and Comments 



Reviews 



Recent Publications 



Periodical Literature 



News and Personal Notes 



Society Affairs 

 Under the new arrangement for editing and publication, Dr. B. E. 

 Fernow, it is understood, is to be appointed by succeeding presidents 

 of the Society as Editor-in-Chief as long as he is willing to discharge 

 these duties and as long as such action is consistent with the interests 

 of the Society. Under appointment by the President of the Society, 

 Mr. Zon will serve as the managing editor of the Journal. As has been 

 the custom with the Proceedings, the material for the Journal will be 

 made up in. Washington under Mr. Zon's direction. As a private enter- 

 prise, Mr. Ballard will prepare manuscripts for the printer and read the 

 proofs as he has been doing for some time past. His experience in this 

 line has saved a great deal of expense and trouble to the Society. 



