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of these the windbreak serves the double pur- 

 pose of causing an even distribution of the pro- 

 tective snow cover and of sheUering the tender 

 plants from the wind itself, once the snow has 

 melted. The protection of all summer crops 

 is important. 



The protection of stock is a matter of no 

 small importance in many of the western states, 

 where there are large ranches with no more 



adequate shelter for the cattle than that afford- 

 ed by a grove of trees. Instances have been re- 

 corded where large herds of cattle have passed 

 through a severe winter in the shelter of a cat- 

 tonwood grove. Such a condition represents 

 a low state of development in the economy of 

 the stock business, but the usefulness of a wind- 

 break for the protection of sheds and winter 

 yards may always be considered. 



CAN WHITE PINE DISEASE BE CONTROLLED ? 



That the white pine, most valuable of Am- 

 erican soft woods, can be saved, and not made 

 extinct by the dreaded blister rust, was the con- 

 census of opinion at the international blister 

 rust conference in Albany, when experts from 

 all parts of the country gathered to discuss 

 means of stopping the spread of the infection. 

 If proper care is taken to prevent its spread 

 there is no reason why reforestation with white 

 pine should be discontinued. Methods of treat- 

 ment of the infected tree, but particularly of 

 stopping the carrying of the spores to unin- 

 fected trees were discussed. Dr. L. H. Penning- 



ton, head of the Forest Pathology Department 

 of the New York State College of Forestry at 

 Syracuse, told of important tests in the Essex 

 county region, to determine the distance to 

 which the disease could be carried, and he gave 

 his opinion that the blister rust spores were able 

 to carry the infection to a much lesser distance 

 than has commonly been supposed, thus making 

 the protection of uninfected stands of pine much 

 simpler. He urged that the greatest care be 

 taken, however, to completely eradicate the cur- 

 rent and gooseberry bushes which participate 

 in transmitting the pest within the danger zones. 



THE PINES 



Bp Douglas Malloch, The Lumberman Poet. 



Calm, unafraid, they face the storm, 



The pines upon the hill, 

 The winter cold, the summer warm. 

 With an unaltered will; 

 And winds may blow 

 And waters flow 

 Or all the earth be still. 



Their years are centuries, their lives 



Span many lives of men; 

 And mortal fails or mortal thrives 

 Or mortal fails again, 

 But on the steep 

 Their watch they keep 

 O'er rock and rill and glen. 



Would we might stand, as stand the kings 



Upon the mountain side. 



Above the level — little things. 



Ambition, sorrow, pride; 



Would we were these. 

 The giant trees 

 Whose souls have never died. 



God give me strength to be a pine 



And not to be a weed, 

 To lift my head and give no sign 

 However I may bleed — 

 To face the years. 

 To hide the tears. 

 To be a pine indeed. 



SACRIFICE VIENNA FOREST 



Paris, France. -The actual fuel shortage in 

 Austria has resulted in mutilation of the fam- 

 ous Vienna forest by the desperate population, 

 according to despatches from the Austrian 

 capital. So many trees have been cut out that 

 restoration of the forest is considered impos- 

 sible, the despatch said. The government has 

 been unable to restrain the people from obtain- 

 ing fir wood from the forest. 



BRITAIN'S PLANTING PROGRAMME. 



According to official information received by 

 the Canadian Forestry Association, the British 

 Forestry Commission has now been appointed 

 and the sum of three and a quarter million 

 pounds Stirling has been appropriated by the 

 British Government for reforestation enterprises 

 over a period of ten years. This allows ap- 

 proximately $1,750,000 per annum. About 

 250,000 acres will be planted with forest trees. 



