rendering the wire connections useless until the place 

 is found and repaired. 



EASTERN WORK 



"Continued experiments with chemical substances 

 applied to finished and crude forest products show 

 that very few of the many substances that have been 

 tried are effective, and, with crude products, none of 

 them is so economical as simple and inexpensive man- 

 agement in logging and manufacture which will ren- 

 der the conditions of the bark and the wood unfavor- 

 able to attack. 



' ' Continued study of termite or white ant damage to 

 the woodwork of buildings has led to the discovery 

 that one of the most destructive species can not live if 

 deprived of moisture in ground or foundation timbers ; 

 thus it is possible to prevent serious damage. 



The White Pine Blister Rust 



BY P. O. ANDERSON 



Having but recently returned from an inter-state 

 conference at Albany, New York, I am more than ever 

 struck with the graveness of the Blister Rust situa- 

 tion which confronts our state. The people of this 

 state are not as yet alive to the great danger they are 

 in the midst of, which threatens the destruction and 

 future supply of our king of trees the White Pine. 

 The spread of the disease the last two years has made 

 the problem serious and should it continue its rapid 

 progress into the Big Woods, we should have to throw 

 up our hands and admit defeat. The disease has 

 gained such a hold in the state that protective meas- 



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