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We agree thoroughly with this attitude and have successfully proved 

 it correct in the Axton woods. 



Two charts are* exhibited to show conditions after a virtual clear 

 cut and a conservative cut, showing the latter as securing almost the 

 same amount of material. A period of return of 40 years is suggested 

 for a cut of approximately 10,000 feet. 



Experimental cutting of hardwood lands to solve the problem of 

 their regeneration is suggested by the speaker to the members of the 

 association. 



We hope that the association will be more active than hitherto in 

 impressing the rational point of view as regards forest policies upon 

 the people of the State. 



B. E. F. 



Reforestation on the National Forests. By C. R. Tillotson, Forest 

 Examiner. Bulletin 475, United States Department of Agriculture. 

 Washington, D. C. May 28, 1917. 



This is an account of seed collection and of sowing and planting 

 operations on the National Forests, replacing Forest Service Bulletin 

 98. It presents clearly and in detail a large amount of well compiled 

 information, revealing excellent progress by the Forest Service in this 

 line of endeavor. With the many illustrations and the clear descrip- 

 tion of methods, one can get from this publication a good understand- 

 ing of artificial forestation as practiced in the various administrative 

 districts of the National Forests. 



A double purpose seems to be served by this compilation, repre- 

 senting "the results of. the study and experience of many different 

 members of the Forest Service": (i) to give the public, particularly 

 the members of the profession, a knowledge of the present practice of 

 reforestation on National Forests, and (2) to provide a handbook for 

 use by those in the Service engaged in seeding or planting or in its 

 supervision. For the latter purpose it will be especially important, 

 description of methods often falling into the language of instructions. 



That part on seed collecting and direct seeding is based on previous 

 publications, but is well presented and has additional material. The 

 use of such terms as "regular seed spots," "simple seed spots," etc., 

 seems unnecessary, since the seed-spot method, or modifications of it, 

 can be described satisfactorily without affixing somewhat inapt terms. 

 Akin to this is the use, in many instances, of the word seed as a collec- 

 tive noun (used, also, by several writers) where the plural, seeds, 



