FOREST NOTES 11/12/14 



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 The tov/n forest of Baden-Baden, Germany, yields an 



annual profit of 5.25 per acre, or a total net profit of 

 nearly $37,500. 



Outside of its us:3 for fence posts, black locust finds 

 its principal utilisation in insulator Dins and brackets for 

 telegraph and telephone lines. 



O.-ie hundred shade treos v/ill be planted by the yassac 

 ;<to forestry association in cities or tovns of four popula- 

 tion classes v/hich T ./in prize contests for excellence in street 

 tree planting, 



T" . ; Rassian government has placed an embargo on all 

 kinds of 1 umb e r , to p r e v e n t its expo T t :;. t i o n : v. r ?. 1 nu t 1 urrib e r , 

 including Circassian ualnut, much prized by American furni- 

 ture nrkers, is specifically mentioned. 



Experiences v/ith forest fires on the national forests 

 this year shov.- that automobiles, v. r here they can be used, fur- 

 nish the quickest and cheapest transportation for crcrs of fire 

 fighters, ".ocor rates are higher than thore for teams for the 

 actual time employed, but the total cost per distance traveled 

 and in v/ages paid to men in getting to fires is much less. T!u 

 time-saving is self-evident; trips rhich ordinarily recuiro tv. r o 

 days time by team have bron made by automobile in a f?v. r h^urs- 



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