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finding is reported that 2,500 acres are required to support one 

 shepherd and his family with 500 sheep to look after, but as for- 

 est would support 25 woodsmen and their families. 



The Pennsylvania Chestnut Tree Blight Commission has is- 

 sued its first Bulletin, an illustrated publication which can be 

 had from the Commission free of charge at 11 12 Morris Build- 

 ing, Philadelphia. 



The U. S. Census Bureau sends out the data on railroad ties, 

 telegraph poles for 191 1, and general exports of manufactures 

 for 19 1 2. The latter amount to over 1,021 million dollars, ex- 

 cluding food stufif, more than double what it was in 1903, wood 

 manufactures being among the first four leading articles with 

 nearly 100 million dollars. Cedar poles form still the bulk of 

 telegraph pole supply, with over 2 million ; chestnut comes next 

 with 693,000, which is more than all the rest put together. Of 

 cross ties, 135 million were purchased, oak, southern pine and 

 Douglas Fir making over two-thirds of the whole consumption, 

 but oak is declining in comparison with previous years. A con- 

 stant increase in the number of ties treated is noticeable, yet 

 hardly 25 per cent, are treated. 



The Biltmore Doings continue to give account of the flights 

 of this unstable body. But a new, formidable bidder for public 

 attention comes from the New York State College of Forestry 

 at Syracuse University, evidently trying to justify the lavish 

 appropriations which the State sees fit to give to this institution. 

 The announcement of a course in "City Forestry" and the inclu- 

 sion of an investigation into diseases of fish by this college ought 

 to bring public favor indeed ! 



The experimental tract of the Department of Forestry at 

 Cornell has been increased by the gift of an additional 200 acres 

 'of land. The lands which have previously been given to the 

 Department for experimental work comprise eight woodlots and 

 a farm of thirty-eight acres. The woodlots include stands of 

 White Pine, hemlock and hardwoods, and represent a wide va- 

 riety of silvicultural conditions. All of the lands, including the 

 addition of 200 acres, are within three miles of the Campus. 



Ground for the forestry building at Cornell has been broken, 

 and it is expected that construction will be pushed rapidly. 



