INDEX 



285 



Diffuse-porous woods, 222. 



Dominant trees, 2. 



Doyle rule (scale rule), 173 ; table 



of, 259. 

 Durability of woods, 230. 



Elm, how to distinguish, 246 ; the 

 wood, the different kinds and 

 their distribution, 272. 



Erosion or washing of the earth and 

 how it is modified by the vegeta- 

 ble cover, 203. 



Estimating and measuring timber, 

 164; cruising, 165; contents of 

 trees, 165 ; covering the entire 

 forty, 167 ; calculations of vol- 

 ume, 168; arrangement of note- 

 book, 169 ; factor of shape (or 

 taper), 170. 



Export timber, 147. 



Fir, red fir, how to distinguish, 

 244; its wood, 267 ; white fir or 

 balsam, see Balsam, 244, 263. 



Fire in forests, the greatest enemy, 

 104 ; large fires in our times and 

 country, 105 ; behavior of fires, 



. 106 ; degree of destruction, 106 ; 

 how it starts, 108 ; a proper camp 

 fire, 108 ; how to fight fires, 108 ; 

 trenching and back fires, 110 ; 

 fire lines, 110. 



Firewood, 136; measure, 136; 

 weight, 138. 



Forest, as a protective cover, 203 ; 

 how the water acts, how it is 

 stored in the earth, and how it 



washes the layer in which it 

 should be stored, 203 ; run-off on 

 surface and underground, 204 ; 

 how the forest modifies erosion, 

 206 ; effect on climate, 207 ; 

 experience abroad and in our 

 country, 208 ; weeds and how they 

 are killed, 4 ; reserves, 213. 



Forestry, general, 41 ; what it is, 

 41-45. 



Forests of our country, 209 ; general 

 description and division, 209 ; 

 our hardwood forests, 212 ; our 

 eastern belts of conifers, 212 ; 

 amounts still left, 213 ; ownership 

 of our forests, 213 ; forest reserves, 

 213 ; state reserves and parks, 

 214. 



Frost, injures trees ; protection 

 against, 112. 



Fungi, their usefulness in the woods 

 and their destructiveness, 12 ; 

 how the fungus acts, 230. 



Game and fish, 180 ; benefit from, 



number should be controlled ; 



feed for game, care of game, 



180. 



German forests and forestry, 216. 

 Grain in wood, 224. 

 Grazing in woods, 131, 178. 

 Growth of trees, in height -as seen 



from leaders, 18 ; of seedlings and 



sprouts, 17. 

 Gum, how to distinguish, 250 ; the 



wood and its uses ; different kinds 



and their distribution, 273. 



