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managed on a permanent production basis. This is especially true 

 in Texas, where lumbering is one of three great industries of the State, 

 yielding over $20,000,000 annually to 25,000 wage-earners em- 

 ployed in 800 respective establishments. Besides the potential 

 timber belt in Texas, there are vast areas covered by woodland, and 

 according to Foster, "No one who has carefully studied the wood- 

 land fire problem in Texas can believe that fires should be entirely 

 prevented." This raises the problem of light burning, which deserves 

 more field study than it has received in the past. 



In "The First Annual Report of the State Forester." Foster con- 

 trasts the meager Texas appropriation with that of other States 

 having a smaller forest area. He also comments on Weeks' law 

 cooperation, the examination of forest resources, the need of tree. 

 planting in central and western Texas, cooperation with cities, corpor- 

 ations and individuals, educational and experiment station activities, 

 and plans for the future. According to this report, future work will 

 be especially developed along the following lines: (1) Fire prevention 

 in cooperation with the Government; (2) tree planting; (3) farm 

 woodlots; (4) educational work; (5) investigative work; (6) co- 

 operation in preparing working plans; (7) the establishment of State 

 and National Forests in Texas. Evidently Mr. Foster will soon have' 

 his hands full if all these activities are to be pushed. 



The bulletin entitled "Tree Planting Needed in Texas," by Foster 

 2nd Krausz, is somewhat marred by a preface which seems unneces- 

 sarily picturesque. "Trees are the arms of Mother Earth lifted up 

 in worship of her Maker. . . . The nesting places of love and 

 song. . . . They entice sweethearts into leafy coverts to seal their 

 vows with fond caresses. . . ." All of this may be true, but it 

 seems rather out of place as a preface to "Tree Planting Needed in 

 Texas." The body of the bulletin is chiefly a compilation from other 

 sources, and is not presented as systematically as it should be. It 

 is interesting to learn, however, that nurseries have already been 

 established on several of the twelve experiment stations, and that 

 "samples of stock will be distributed for further testing and observa- 

 tion." T. S. W., Jr. 



