6o forestry Quarierly. 



sary, is at present purely ideal and an object to be striven for, not by 

 any means an accomplished fact. Perhaps the trouble is that he is so 

 intent upon giving the reader an idea of what has been done that he fails 

 to portray the conditions to which his measures must be applied, and 

 consequently the effectiveness of these measures. The foreigner reading 

 this article would be left with an undeservedly high impression of our rate 

 of progress. 



Regulating the Annual Cut of National Forests. By S. Li 



Moore. Vol. V, No. i. 



This article gives a remarkably clear and truthful picture of the con- 

 ditions on which regulations of the cut on National Forests must depend. 

 By its frank statements of facts it gives a basis for future progress. 



Working Plans for National Forests of the Pacific Northwest. 

 By Burt P. Kirkland. Vol. VI, No. i. 



In this article are two valuable contributions to the profession. First, 

 the author explains the principles involved in making working plans, 

 illustrating these principles with his own working plan ; second, he de- 

 velops strong arguments for the making of working plans. In his ex 

 planation of principles in the first part of the article he effectually destroys 

 certain fallacies, notably the one about elastic working circles composed 

 of any number of National Forests. 



His workmg plan is built on the area method with a volume check. It 

 is a sound, intensely interesting and instructive piece of work with which 

 every forester who deals with even aged stands should be familiar. His 

 reasons for bringing the Forests up to their full productive capacity are 

 logical, but he ignores the danger of overproduction in the lumber 

 market which such a course would involve. (See article by W. B. 

 Greeley, "National Forest Sales on the Pacific Coast," in Vol. VII, 

 No. l). His arguments for the making of working plans are, on the 

 whole, thoroughly sound, and should stir up those foresters who wait 

 until the need for working plans arrives before .making them. The mak- 

 ing of a working plan is a matter of years, not of months ; it is never 

 too soon to begin collecting the data. Mr. Kirkland's article is, on the 

 whole, one of the most thorough, detailed and specilic articles, dealing 

 with the science of pure forestry, which has ever appeared in the Pro- 

 ceedings. It is indispensable for reference. 



The Essentials in Working Plans for National Forests. By 

 Barrington Moore. Vol. VI, No. 2. 



Methods for Regulating the Cut on National Forests. By Bar- 

 rington Moore. Vol. VII, No. i. 



XT — Utilization. 



Influence of Lumbering on Forestry. By Austin Gary. Vol. 

 Ill, No. I. 



This is a sound, practical paper. The author shows how foresters fail 

 to affect the management of lumbering concerns. This he attributes to 

 the foresters' inability to see a proposition from the business standpoint. 



