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Dry Rot in Factory Timbers. By F. J. Hoxie. Inspection 

 Department, Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 

 panies. Boston. 1915. Pp. 107. 



This publication discusses in detail dry rot, the factors affecting 

 it, and methods for its control. Certain antiseptic treatments are 

 recommended and specifications are suggested for a special grade 

 of Longleaf pine timbers for use in Mutual Factories. 



The Comparative Effect on Different Kinds of Plants of Lim- 

 ing on Acid Soil. By B. L. Hartwell and S. C. Damon. Bulletin 

 160, Agricultural Experiment Station, Rhode Island State Col- 

 lege. Kingston, R. I. 1914. Pp. 407-446. 



Proceedings of the Connecticut Forestry Association, 1912-14. 

 State Forest Number. New Haven. 1915. Pp. 36. 



Contains : The Necessity and Desirability of State-owned For- 

 ests, by J. W. Toumey; The Policy of Other States Regarding 

 State Forests, by H. H. Chapman; Why Connecticut Should In- 

 crease Her State Forests, by A. F. Hawes; The Forest Lands of 

 Connecticut, by W .O. Filley. 



The Gypsy Moth. By W. E. Britton. Bulletin 186, Connec- 

 ticut Agricultural Experiment Station. New Haven. 1915. 

 Pp. 24. 



Gives the history of the gypsy moth, its discovery in Connecti- 

 cut and present extent of infested area; describes the moth, its 

 habits, life history and enemies, and suggests means for its 

 control. 



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Fourteenth Report of the State Entomologist of Connecticut 

 for the Year 191 4; being Part III of the Annual Report of the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. By W. E. Britton. New 

 Haven. Pp. 198. 



Lumber and the Panama Caned. New York. 1915. Pp. 18. 



A series of fifteen articles republished from the columns of 

 The New York Lumber Trade Journal, December 15, 1913, to 

 July 15, 1914. 



