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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



S. Draper, commissioner of education, on 

 "Arbor Day and Forestry." There are also 

 articles on the forests of the state, the lum- 

 ber industry, and European forestry, the 

 latter bv Professor Tourney, of the Yale 

 Forest School. Much useful information is 

 also included. The suggested outline for 

 (he use of teachers is e.xcellent as far as 

 it goes, but there are some omissions which 

 c^n easily be filled in. The general scheme 

 as given will put any interested and capa- 

 ble teacher on the right track. A similar 

 comment may be made on the bibliography, 

 which contains some strange omissions. 

 Nevertheless the teacher or student who 

 uses these helps will soon be guided to the 

 more complete bibliographies. If every 

 ftate issued an annual like this Arbor 

 Day would acquire a real educational value 

 which it now generally lacks. 



Field and Stream, the official organ of 

 the Camp-Fire Club of America, began in 

 November, 1910, the publication of a val- 

 uable series of papers by its editor, War- 

 ren H. Miller, on "European Forestry." Mr. 

 Miller writes from an experience of sev- 

 eral years in the German, French, and 

 Swiss forests, and treats the subject from 

 the point of view of American conditions 

 and needs. General conditions, forest man- 

 agement, the selective forest and standard 

 coppice, the forestry nursery, reforestation, 

 and applications to American practice are 

 the topics that have been so far treated. 



The articles are to appear in book form 

 after their serial publication Is completed. 



The Annual Report of the State Forester 

 of Massachusetts deals, as usual, with the 

 two divisions of general forestry and gypsy 

 and brown-tail moth suppression. The Im- 

 portant phases of the work of this state 

 service have been noted from time to time 

 and the report does not, therefore, call for 

 extended review. Governor Foss has re- 

 cently had an Investigation made of the 

 forest service and has made recommenda- 

 tions, some of which are likely to be highly 

 detrimental if carried out. One of these 

 is to combine the forest service with the 

 fish and game commission. In view of the 

 fact that the Massachusetts Forest Service 

 has been built up as an Independent serv- 

 ice, and the organization of the fish and 

 game commission Is so different, and its 

 work so different, it does not seem, even If 

 there Is need of a change In the forest serv- 

 ice, that It should be made In this way. 

 This seems to be one of attacks which are 

 frequently made upon the service, less for 

 Its own good than for the exploitation of 

 the ideas of people more or less inimical to 

 It. The governor is undoubtedly sincere In 

 his purpose but he Is said to be overwork- 

 ing and has probably not given sufficient 

 study to the matter or has been badly ad- 

 vised. That some changes are needed may 

 be admitted, but thej^ should be made In 

 the right way. 



NATIONAL FOREST WORK 



Apprvpiiation hr the Forest Service 



The total appropriation for the Forest 

 Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1912, Is J5, 533, 100. Of this the salary list 

 of regular employes fixed by statute calls 

 for $2,316,680. This covers the force of 

 supervisors and rangers who care for the 

 national forests, as well as office employes. 

 The general expenses require $2,714,420. 

 These expenses are enumerated as follows: 



To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to 

 experiment and to make and continue in- 

 vestigations and report on forestry, na- 

 tional forests, forest fires, and lumbering, 

 but no part of this appropriation shall be 

 used for any experiment or test made out- 

 side the jurisdiction of the United States; 

 to advise the owners of woodlands as to 

 the proper care of the same; to investigate 

 and test American timber and timber trees 

 and their uses, and methods for the preser- 

 vative treatment of timber; to seek, 

 through investigations and the planting of 

 native and foreign species, suitable trees 

 for the treeless regions; to erect necessary 

 buildings: Provided, That the cost of any 

 building erected shall not exceed six hun- 



dred and fifty dollars; to pay all expenses 

 necessary to protect, administer, and im- 

 prove the national forests; to ascertain 

 the natural conditions upon and utilize 

 the national forests; and the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture may. In his discretion, 

 permit timber and other forest products 

 cut or removed from the national forests, 

 except the Black Hills National Forest in 

 South Dakota, to be exported from the 

 state, territory, or the district of Alaska in 

 which said forests are respectively situ- 

 ated: Provided, That the exportation of 

 dead and Insect-Infested timber only from 

 said Black Hills National Forest shall be 

 allowed until such time as the forester 

 shall certify that the ravages of the de- 

 structive Insects In said forests are prac- 

 tically checked, but In no case after July 

 first, nineteen hundred and twelve; to 

 transport and care for fish and game sup- 

 plied to stock the national forests or the 

 Avaters therein; to employ agents, clerks, 

 assistants, and other labor required In 

 practical forestry and in the administra- 

 tion of national forests, in the city of 

 Washington and elsewhere; to collate, di- 



