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concise style, but some of the statements in regard to the amount 

 of merchantable timber are not clear. For example, if his term 

 mature means commercially mature timber, then, according to a 

 statement on page 19, the total area is 250 square miles, while 

 on page 43 it is given as 364 square miles. And again on page 

 43, the sums mentioned for the various blocks give a larger 

 amount than the grand total stated in the same paragraph. 



C. D. H. 



Farm Forestry. By Alfred Akerman. Athens, Ga. 1914. 

 Pp. 1-54. Paper, 60 cents. 



Although the sub-title of this book is: A textbook dealing with 

 the wooded parts of Southern farms and the problems growing 

 out of them, for use in agricultural high schools and colleges, the 

 book is written primarily for the State of Georgia, where more 

 than half of the area of farm holdings is in woodlands and more 

 than half of the wooded area is in farm holdings. Thus the future 

 of the forests of the State depends largely on the attitude of 

 the farmers toward the wooded parts of their holdings. The 

 object of this book is to awaken their interest and to give it 

 intelligent direction. 



The text of the book is divided into three parts: Production 

 of Timber; Use of Timber; and Place of Woodlands in Farm 

 Management. The first part is introduced by an outline of the 

 functions of trees, followed by brief botanical descriptions and the 

 wood uses of some twenty trees. Then comes a discussion of 

 methods of reproduction, protection, thinnings, and the cutting of 

 mature timber. These discussions occupy 44 of the 54 pages of 

 the book. The chapters in the second part deal with farm saw- 

 mills, wood preservation and firewood. The third part is not 

 sub-divided, as it occupies only two pages. 



While a critic might reasonably find fault with the arrange- 

 ment of the material and the relative importance of various topics, 

 judged by the space given them, yet the subject matter is so 

 clearly and simply presented, the arguments re-enforced by so 

 many illustrations directly applicable to the farm, one feels that 

 the book is admirably adapted to the purpose which it is intended 

 to serve. There ought to be more books of its kind. 



C. D. H. 



