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PRINCIPLES OF HANDLING WOOD 

 LANDS. 



The /'rincipUf of Handling Woodtandt, by 

 Henry S Gritvet, ChieJ Fortsltr, Fort).! 

 Service, United Slates Department of 

 Agriculture. AVw York, John Wiley and 

 Sons; London, Chapman and Hall, l.im- 

 ited. Price $1.50, net. 



In the litnraturo of American foreutry, 

 the nanio of I'ruf. II. i^. (iravea han taken 

 a promiiMMit plnoo. Ilin '• Forest Mensur- 

 ation" Htatids at tlio hoad of its clans 

 and now ho has UK'nin laid the forestry 

 world undor ohiijjation by his venture into 

 the (lt>ld of Hilviculture in his later work. 



The book ih not, however, simply a 

 treatise on silviculture. The topic of the 

 re^^enoration, or renewal, of the forest is 

 not takon up at an;.- K*n;{th, but rath«'r 

 treated incidentally. 



The first chapter ims a general discus- 

 sion of silviculture, and in it the author 

 defines forestry and silviculture, states 

 the object of the latter, notes its cost, and 

 gives some general considerations of silvi- 

 cultural method. The four chapters that 

 follow are devoted severally to the selec- 

 tion system, the clear-cutting systems 

 (sub-divided into clear cutting with arti- 

 ficial reproduction mi I rlejir-rmtinu' with 

 natunil it-production), the shelterwood sys- 

 tem and tlie coppice systems. A chapter 

 on "Improvement of the Forests", treat- 

 ing of thinnings and cuttings, follows 

 these. 



The protection of the forests from fire 

 has up till now loomed large in the hand 

 ling of American forests, and the last 

 third of the book is taken up with the 

 discussion of this topic along the line of 

 the same author's bulletin on "Protection 

 of Forests Frojn Fire", (U.S.F.S. Bulletin 

 No. 82). The protection of the forests 

 from other destructive agencies (insects, 

 fungi, etc.) is also discussed. 



The work is sim]>le and untechnical in 

 language and clear in style, and the own- 

 ers of woodlands looking for knowle<lge 

 as to their treatment will find no difli- 

 culty in understanding it. To the for- 

 estry student, hitherto confined in the 

 study of the subject to more or less elab- 

 orate treatises on European methods, the 

 book will be of great value as indicating 

 the extent to which these will apply to 

 conditions in North America. To the 

 practicing forester it will be a convenient 

 work of reference. 



The book is illustrated with sixty-three 

 half-tone cuts, mostly from Forest Service 

 photographs, and is provided with a good 

 index. 



THE FORESTER 8 LAMENT. 



Anon. 



I loi „' for the land of the niotu paluatris 

 Wliiro the liriodendron is bunting to 

 bloom, 

 Where taxcMlium dbticbon faithful, in- 

 dustr 'ous, 

 In waving in sadneM o'er ClMnentine'e 

 tomb. 



'Twas under the spreading hieoria peean 

 Wo pledged our fond love by tbo Hgbt 

 of the star*; 

 "If any be faithful," we wbispered, 

 "then we can," 

 While leaning at eve o'er the frazinna 

 bars. 



A fruit of thi- iSidiiim <iuuiavH tbo 

 guava) 

 8he pressed in 1 y band a* I bade her 

 larewell ; 

 Bat her love, hot as lava, g^ew cold as 

 Ungava, 

 And my hopes, like the frost -bitten aut- 

 umn leaves, fell. 



They planted catalpa, the fair specioaa. 

 They planted the bush and the tree and 

 the vine. 

 They planted a sprig of robinia viseosa, 

 And, underneath these, planted poor 

 Clementine. 



About 6.^ j>er cent, of the woo«l pulp 

 produced in Canada is exporteil. 



RAILWAYS AND FOREST FIRES. 



At a meeting called by the State For- 

 ester of Wisconsin fifteen officers of the 

 operating departments of the railways in 

 the state, after discussing oil burning loc- 

 omotives and other remedies for prevent- 

 ing the setting of forest fires by railways, 

 finally unanimously adopted the following 

 resolutions: — 



1. That the right of way be cleaned of 

 all combustible material under the direc- 

 tion of the fire wardens. 



2. That the burning of all debris on 

 the right of way l>e controlled by the fire 

 wardens. 



3. That under special conditions thera 

 be a regular patrol properly equipped 

 with fire fighting apparatus following 

 each train. 



4. That all freight train ercws keep a 

 lookout from the top of the caboose, and 

 that they be required to stop and put out 

 flres when discovwed. 



5. That some means be devised to keep 

 a strip 100 feet wide adjacent to the 

 right of way free from slashings. 



6. That there be as much improvement 

 as possible in the mechanical construction 

 of locomotives. 



