6o6 Forestry Quarterly. 



Sixth Annual Report of the Forest Park Reservation Commis- 

 si\on of New Jersey, for the Year Ending October ^i, igio. 

 Patterson, N. J. 1910. Pp. 74. 



The subject of forest fires is given full discussion. The con- 

 clusion is reached that the State should supplement her present 

 system of town wardens by employing state patrolmen to devote 

 their whole time to the work of fire prevention. An exceptional 

 record is shown of convictions secured for violation of fire laws, 

 but it is held that without the above modifications, the present 

 system will not successfully prevent fires. The state forest re- 

 serves aggregate 13,720 acres, and will not be increased until 

 better fire protection has been made possible. Co-operative work 

 with individuals, and shade tree work is touched upon. The sug- 

 gestions regarding extra state wardens were acted upon by the 

 legislature, and six division fire wardens were created, thus giving 

 New Jersey an organization resembling that of such states as 

 Minnesota, Maine and New York, where great efficiency has been 

 reached in fire prevention. 



H. H. C. 



Relation of Light Chipping to the Commercial Yield of Naval 

 Stores. By Charles H. Herty. Bulletin 90, U. S. Forest Ser- 

 vice. Washington, D. C. 191 1. Pp. 36. 



This bulletin contains an account of recent experiments made 

 by the U. S. Government to conserve the naval stores industry of 

 the South. Experiments begun in 1902 demonstrated so con- 

 clusively the superiority of the cup and gutter system over the old 

 and destructive box method that the commercial introduction of 

 the system resulted. 



The next important feature of turpentining presenting itself for 

 investigation was in regard to the proper depth, width and height 

 of the wound made on a tree in chipping. Some of the results of 

 the comparative experiments conducted on a commercial scale 

 under normal conditions demonstrate that combined shallow and 

 narrow chipping increase the yield ; that the number of trees 

 killed is decreased ; and that the damage to the lumber in the butt 

 cut of chipped trees is reduced. Light cupping, that is, restrict- 

 ing the operation to timber over twelve inches in diameter, and 



