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tion of the basin, the report recommends thinnings at a net cost 

 of $4,000 to $7,000, planting at a cost of $4,000 to $5,000, and 

 fire protection $4,000, distributed over five years — this outlay on 

 stumpage worth $25,000. Exception may be taken to the state- 

 ment (speaking of the superintendence of the work) that "for- 

 esters do not come high; an active young man with a college 

 training can be secured at a salary of $1,000 — one-half of which 

 represents the value of his manual work." 



J. H. W. 



Proceedings of the Conference of Governors held at the White 

 House, Washington, D. C, May 13th to 13th, 1908. Edited 

 under the direction of Governors N. C. Blanchard, J. F. Fort, 

 J. C. Cutler, J. O. Davidson, and M. F. Ansel, and of Dr. W. J. 

 McGee, Recording Secretary of the Conference. Government 

 Printing Office, Washington, 1909. Pp. 451. 



This volume contains a complete record of the Governors' 

 Conference on the Conservation of Natural Resources. Many of 

 the addresses of that conference have already been published in 

 various periodicals, especially in Conservation, the organ of the 

 American Forestry Association. It is of great value, however, 

 to have the full account of the conference in one volume for ready 

 reference and permanent record. H. S. G. 



The Future Use of Land in the United States. By Raphael 

 Zon. Circular No. 159. U. S. Forest Service, Washington, D. 

 C, 1909. Pp. 15. 



In this circular Mr. Zon discusses in a broad way the problem 

 of the lands of the United States in the future. He takes up the 

 general classes of land from the standpoint of their present use, 

 and discusses the problem of how large areas will be available 

 in the future for different purposes. It is his belief that in a half 

 a century the area devoted to agriculture will amount to 50% 

 rather than 20% of the total area as at present. About 25% 

 will be devoted to grazing, about 2% will remain forever a desert, 

 while the area of forest will, in Mr. Zon's judgment, shrink to 

 about 450,000,000 acres or approximately one-fourth of the total 

 land area of the country. In addition to these there will be about 

 2% classed as intermediate land which is neither exclusively 



