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of the timber country that the wood can not be gotten out. The company 

 is in a difficult position and the scarcity of any material may cause it to 

 close down or to be removed. The Casliet Company uses annually $38,000 

 worth of material, turning out a finished product worth $58,500. The 

 factory furnishes employment to forty persons, paying annually in wages, 

 $18,000. Most of the material is shipped here. There are prospects of 

 another industry for the manufacture of wooden novelties for which there 

 is claimed an excellent market. In order to have the desired capacity, 

 about thirty men would be employed at first and if the venture proved 

 successful the capacity and working force of tlie plant would be doubled. 

 The principal woods used are the maple and beech, and the county still 

 has a good supply of the latter. 



Such industries contribute largely to prosperity of the county and 

 whatever Avould tend to foster them in a proper way is promoting the 

 general welfare. The reforestation of a sufficient area would make good 

 timber available and not only prevent the removal of our present indus- 

 tries but invite new ones as well. 



XOTES ON THE ClEAVAGE PlANE IN StEMS AND FALLING LeAVES. 



Mary A. Hickman. 



Adaptation to climate and environment is nowhere better illustrated 

 than in the forest. Especially is this true of the temperate regions Avhere 

 adaptation is in response to the winter cold. The deciduous trees, instead 

 of protecting their delicate leaf structures from the severe cold of winter, 

 have formed the habit of dropping them and again putting out new leaves 

 when the Avarm season returns. The deciduous trees have developed the 

 working powers of their leaves to such an extent that the great surface 

 exposure and delicacy of striicture make it impossible to carry them 

 through the winter, therefore, the necessity of the deciduous habit. 



However, this habit of shedding is not confined to the leaves only, for 

 many trees annually shed twigs and branches. The dropping of twigs 

 and branches is probably to prevent too great a density of foliage. This 

 last habit is not restricted wholly to the deciduous trees, for some of the 

 conifers have the same trait. 



