securing a new crop of trees in Minnesota is therefore one 

 in which the state must engage. The state lives on while 

 men perish. The state should take all measures necessary 

 to safeguard the future welfare of its citizens, while indi- 

 viduals cannot be expected to do more generally than care 

 for their own personal interests. 



Connecticut has one and a half million acres of timberland, 

 mainly in fanners' woodlots. 



The Canadian Forestry Association, which recently met in Ot- 

 tawa, has selected Halifax, Nova Scotia, for its next annual 

 meeting place. 



The stringent requirement of the forest service that all sheep 

 be dipped before entering the national forests has practically 

 eradicated scabies on those areas. 



tTlie lumbermen of Maine in 1900 originated in this country 

 he use of mountain lookout towers with telephone connection 

 or the prompt location and suppression of forest fires. 

 Only one wood, Spanish cedar (Cedrela odorata), is commonly 

 sed for cigar boxes. Sometimes a cheaper wood may form the 

 asis of the box, with paper-thin veneers of the tropical cedar 

 over it. 



A California firm is selling eucalyptus charcoal at $24 a ton, 

 as against $20 a ton for oak charcoal. Since most of the Cali- 

 fornia-grown, cucalypts do not make good lumber, uses for other 

 products of the tree are being sought. 



Fifteen small sawmills are cutting timber from the Powell 

 national forest in ^Southern Utah, more than 100 miles from the 

 nearest railroad. They are run by settlers during time that can 

 be spared from the crops, and supply local needs since there is 

 no opportunity to ship timber ~in or out. 



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