FOREST PROTECTION 



DEFINITION AND SYNOPSIS. 



The term "Forest Protection" comprises all the acts of the forest-owner 

 made with a view to the safety of his investments. 



Forest Protection as a branch of science is divided into the following 

 parts and chapters: 



PART A: Protection Against Organic Nature. 

 Chapter I: Protection against man. 

 Chapter II: Protection against animals. 

 Chapter III: Protection against plants. 



PART B: Protection Against Inorganic Nature. 



Chapter I: Protection against adverse climatic influences. 



A— Heat. 



B— Frost. 



C — Snow and sleet. 

 Chapter II : Protection against storm, erosion, sanddrifta, noxious 



D — Wind and storm. 

 E — Erosion. 

 F — Shifting sand. 

 G — Noxious gases. 



The English literature on Forest Protection consists, in the main, of 

 the following: 



Dr. Wm. Schlich, Vol. IV. of "Manual of Forestry." 



Dr. A. D. Hopkins, Bulletins of the West Virginia Agricultural 

 Station. Bulletins of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology. 



Tubeuf and Smith, "Diseases of Plants." 



Dr. H. von Schrenk, biilletins of the Shaw School of Botany, bulle- 

 tins of the U. S. Bureau of Forestry and of the U. S. Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. 



Lectures on game protection, on protection of forest-roads and forest- 

 railroads, on protection of forest industries — of vital interest to the owner 

 of forests — are not included in the following paragraphs. The author's 

 excuse for this omission lies in the word "precedent." 



