ii8 Forestry Quarterly. 



Contracts in Forest Reserve Timber Lands. (Letter from the 

 Secretary of the Interior transmitting information as to contracts 

 in farce at the time of the approval of the Act prohibiting the 

 selection of timber lands in lieu of lands in forest reserves (33 

 Stat., 1264) and requesting further information with respect to 

 such contracts in answer to Senate resolution of January 27, 

 1910.) Senate Document No. 112, 61 Congress, 2nd Session. 

 Washington, D. C. 1910. Pp. 485, 



Ceded Chippetva Pine Lands, Minnesota. Sale of timber on 

 lands both inside and outside of the Minnesota National Forest, 

 at Cass Lake, Minnesota on September 15, 1910. Instructions, 

 descriptions of land, estimates and rules and regulations for the 

 selling, scaling, cutting and removal of the timber, approved 

 June 22), 1910. Washington, D. C. 1910. Pp. 84. 



The greater part of the volume is occupied with a brief 

 description by forties of the timber to be sold. 



Engineers' Field Manual, Parts I-VL Professional Papers No. 

 29. Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. (Third revised edition.) 

 Washington, D. C. 1909. Pp. 452. 



Parts I-VI include Reconnaissance, Bridges, Roads, Railroads, 

 Field Fortifications, Animal Transportation. This is an excellent 

 pocket size field manual printed on thin paper and bound in 

 leather. The chapters on Bridges, Roads, Railroads, and Field 

 Transportation, are of special interest to foresters. The latter 

 chapter treats of the selection, maintenance, and care of horses 

 and mules, including veterinary work, tractive force of animals, 

 detailed instructions on the use of the pack saddle, wagons, etc. 



Eighth Report of the Forest Commission of the State of Maine. 

 Augusta, Maine. 1910. Pp. no. 



Appro.vimate Current Annual Increase in Per cent, of Volume 

 for Trees of Different Diameters when the Average Number of 

 Rings in the last Radial Inch is Known. Vermont Forestry Card 

 No. 7, State Forest Service. Burlington, Vt. 191 1. 



