Other Current Literature 241 



Secretary's Annual Report of the Pend d'Oreille Timber Pro- 

 tective Association. By J. A. Humbird. 1914. Pp. 25. 



The subscription list for 1914 shows that 27 firms, with hold- 

 ings amounting to 575,824 acres, contributed $18,641.36 for fire 

 protection. The U. S. Government spent $1,000 under the 

 Weeks Law. The total expenditure for the same season was $17,- 

 003.04 or $2.95 per acre. The season was very dry and 215 

 fires occurred ; the damage, however, was for the most part very 

 small. 



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Stock Poisoning Plants of California. By H. M. Hall and 

 a-j.. S. Yates. Bulletin 249, Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 College of Agriculture. Berkeley, Cal. 1915. Pp. 219-247. 



Describes the important poisonous plants, and suggests remedies 

 and antidotes. 



Conservation of Resources in California. (2d ed.) Issued by 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction. State Printing Office. 

 Sacramento. Pp. 113. 



A handbook containing short articles and extracts regarding 

 various phases of the conservation of natural resources, designed 

 for use in schools. 



The Hardivood Distillation Industry in America. By E. H. 

 French and J. R. Withrow. Reprint from Metallurgical and 

 Chemical Engineering. January, 1915. Pp. 32. 



Discusses the history and development of the industry, the 

 design of apparatus, yields, construction of plants, primary dis- 

 tillation operation, handling the crude distillate, production costs 

 and values, costs of installation, large scale experimentation, 

 refining, markets. 



According to this report there are in the United States 53 oven 

 plants with daily capacity of 2,909 cords ; 31 retort plants, capacity 

 593 cords ; 6 kiln plants, capacity 1,300 ; total, 90 plants, capacity 

 4,802 cords. In Canada, 9 oven plants, capacity 424 cords ; 1 

 retort plant, capacity 48 cords ; total, 10 plants, with daily capacity 

 of 472 cords. Total for America 100 plants, capacity 5,274 cords. 



