INDEX 



285 



Diffuse-porous woods, 222. 



Doiiiiuant trees, 2. 



Doyle rule (scale rule), 173; talile 



of, 259. 

 Durability of woods, 280. 



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 w^ood, 267 ; white fir or 

 l)alsam, 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 camji 

 fire, 108 ; how to fight fires, 1(»8 ; 

 trenching and back fires, 110; 

 fire lines, 110. 



Firewood, 1 36 ; measure, 136 ; 

 weight, 138. 



Forest, as a ]irotective cover, 203 ; 

 how the water iicta, how if is 

 stored in the earth, and bow il 



washes the layer in which it 

 should be stored, 203 ; run-ott' 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. 



P'orestry, 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. 



Fi'ost, injures trees; protection 

 against. 112. 



Fungi, their usefulness in the woods 

 and their destructiveness, 12 ; 

 how the fungus acts, 230. 



Ganu! and fish, 180 ; benefit from, 



number shoidd be controlled ; 



feed lor game, care of game, 



180. 

 (Jerman forests and forestry, 216. 

 Grain in wood, 224. 

 (Jrazing in woods. 131, 178. 

 (irowth 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. 



