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the latent heat of evaporation is necessary to overcome the inti- 

 mate association of the molecules of water with the molecules 

 or minute particles of the wood substance. This has been found by 

 experiment to be from 16.6 to 19.6 calories per gram of dry wood 

 in the case of beech, Longleaf pine and Sugar maple. 



S. J. R. 



Report of the Wisconsin Special Legislative Committee on 

 Forestry of the Senate and Assembly made to the Members of 

 the ipis Session of the Wisconsin Legislature. Pp. 77. 



Discusses tours of inspection in northern Wisconsin to deter- 

 mine the alleged suitability of certain forest lands for agriculture ; 

 and in Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut, where forest 

 reserves and plantations of White and Red pine were given par- 

 ticular attention. The findings were favorable to the forestry 

 movement. 



Fourth Annual Report of the State Forester, of Minnesota. 

 1914. Pp. 99. 



Coeur d'Alene (Idaho) Timber Protective Association, Ninth 

 Annual Report, 1914. St. Maries, Idaho. Pp. 24 



Clearwater {Idaho) Timber Protective Association, Eighth 

 Annual Report, 1914. Pp. 29. 



Second Biennial Report of the State Forester of the State of 

 Colorado. Fort Collins, Colo. 1914. Pp. 16. 



The work during the two years covered by this report has been 

 directed principally to perfecting the county fire warden organi- 

 zation and to carrying on investigations in the preservative treat- 

 ment of fence posts. Twelve forest stations, aggregating 1,280 

 acres, have been selected from Government lands and will hence- 

 forth be used as State forest reserves. 



Proceedings and Addresses of 1914 Meeting of the Western 

 Forestry and Conservation Association. Reprint from Timber- 

 man, December, 1914. Pp. 4-34. 



