C. J. Conover talked before the 

 Club, March 5, upon "Field Opera- 

 tions on the Klamath National For- 

 eet." After his illustrated talk on 

 fire protection, he discussed the con- 

 trol of three insects, Dendroctonus 

 brevic.nrnis, D monticolae and Melon- 

 ophila sp? which are destroying large 

 areas of sugar pine and yellow pine 

 The Craggy Mountain and Barkhouse 

 insect control projects covered 39,000 

 acres, containing a stand of 330 mil- 

 lion feet; between Jan. 1 and April 

 30, 1912, 927 trees with an average 

 diameter of 21 inches were treated 

 at a total cost of S3, 036.28, or $3.28 

 each. An average- of 1.4 trees per 

 man per day was treated:. The treat- 

 ment pays for itself in two years by 

 the amount of timber saved. 



D. C. Birch spoke to the Forestry 



Club, Dec. 11, about the value of 

 forestry to the people of Southern 

 California. Thousands of farmers 

 depend upon the forests of the South- 

 ern Sierras to conserve the snow 

 which furnishes the water for irri- 

 gation. Two of the largest electric 

 power plants of the West are situated 

 within the Kern National Forest and 

 depend upon the Government to pro- 

 tect the stream flow. The Kern For- 

 est is more than self-supporting from 

 the revenue derived from grazing and 

 water power. It is interesting to note 

 that Forest regulation and fire pro- 

 tection in the Southern Sierras hais 

 already resulted in increased stream 

 flow during summer months. These 

 forests are invaluable to the people, 

 and of necessity must always be con- 

 trolled by the Government. 



Outside Doings 



Members of the facuUy have been 

 doing all sorts of work besides teach- 

 ing. The Second Lake States Forest 

 Fire Conference, called by the Gov- 

 ernor, was held at Lansing, January 

 21. Professor Roth was elected pres- 

 ident for the coming year. Professor 

 Love.oy represented the University 

 and delivered an address on "Meth- 

 ods of Fire-fighting in the North- 

 west." Incidentally he took occasion 

 to criticize Michigan's "Game-Fish- 

 Fire-Forestry" Wardens and their ef- 

 ficiency. He was chairman of the 

 Committee of Resolutions, and had a 

 fine fight with one of the state- house 

 politicians who warned the resolu- 

 tions amended so as to eliminate the 

 recommendations of a non-political 

 Forestry Commission. It is said that 

 Love oy's reply, in which he pointed 

 out the great difference between a 

 Republican and a Democratic forest 

 fire, was very fetching. The resolu- 

 tions passed as read. 



Professor Roth continues to lec- 

 ture at different piaces in the State 

 with a view to furthering the State 

 work in forestry. Some of these lec- 

 tures are part of the regular Univer- 

 sity Extension Course. They are gen- 



erally illustrated, and the emphasis 

 varies with the audience and the lo- 

 cality. At a meeting of the Twentieth 

 Century Club of Detroit, Professor 

 RoLh urged concerted action to pre- 

 vent the transfer of the National 

 Forests to the States; at Hart, he dis- 

 cussed the woodlot in its relation to 

 farming, fruit growing, and home 

 supply of fuel; at the Central High 

 School in Detroit he spoke of the 

 forester's education and work; at 

 Stanton, Fremont and Grand Rapids, 

 he spoke on the needs of State actio-i 

 in Michigan, and the possibilities of 

 forestry in the Stace, illustrating by 

 the results of forestry abroad. Dur- 

 ing April, Professor Ro^h expects to 

 go to the Upper Peninsula on a tour 

 of lectures on forestry. 



After Professor Roth's lecture at 

 Hart, the audience was so impressed 

 with the need of taking care of their 

 woodlots and of getting better pro- 

 tection for their orchards by plant- 

 ing windbreaks that a committee was 

 appointed to try and secure the Pro- 

 fessor's assistance <n making up a de- 

 tailed plan of procedure. It was 

 quite impossible for the Professor to 

 spare the necessary time; so he made 



