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be expected in perpetuity from the present total woodlot area of 143,- 

 000,000 acres. If it is assumed that the permanent woodlot area of 

 the future will amount to 10 acres per farm (now 29.2 acres), or a 

 total for the Eastern States of 49,030,850 acres (based on the number 

 of farms in 1910), the sustained annual yield supported by a growth 

 of one-half cord per acre per year would aggregate 24,515,425 cords. 



The author discusses the value of the farm woodlot to the nation, 

 to the community, and to the farm itself. Table 9 shows how the 

 woodlot income compared in 1909 with the total farm income in dif- 

 ferent regions in each State. The value to the individual farm of the 

 woodlot products reported for the 1910 census averaged $81. Table 

 10 gives the value per farm of the products used and sold in 450 

 counties selected at random from each woodlot division in each State. 

 The bulletin also discusses the value to the farm of the woodlot for 

 furnishing a home supply of firewood and lumber, as a protection to 

 stock and crops, 'and as a poor land crop. 



The bulletin is full of valuable and interesting data regarding the 

 farm woodlot. It shows what can be done with a bundle of dry sta- 

 tistics by a keen interpreter. But few of the ideas brought out can 

 be presented in a short review. The bulletin makes readliy available, 

 in convenient form, the chief facts relating to the status of woodlands 

 in any part of the Eastern States. 



J. A. F. 



Report of the Chief Forest Fire Warden for the Year ipi6. Bulletin 

 16, Department of Forestry of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Pa. 1917. 

 Pp. 123. 



The Department of Forestry of Pennsylvania maintains in its organ- 

 ization a Bureau of Forest Protection, presided over by a Chief Forest 

 Fire Warden, George H. Wirt, whose second annual report is pub- 

 lished as Bulletin 16. 



From this report it would appear that the warden believes not only 

 in educating the public and the fire wardens under him in the proper 

 appreciation of their interest and work, but he believes also in the 

 expenditure of cash to secure more fully the object of his bureau. 



Turning to the financial account, we find that the , biennial appro- 

 priation for his work in the past two years has been $45,000, while 

 for the following two years the proposed budget is $185,000 — four 

 times the previous allowance. Meanwhile the appropriations have 

 been passed and have been cut down to $80,000 for this service. 



