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eluding their effects upon reproduction and young 

 stands, and the use of controlled burning as a means of 

 facilitating and protecting reproduction ; methods of man- 

 agement which will produce forests offering the greatest 

 protection to watersheds, the greatest regulation of stream 

 flow, and the prevention of erosion; studies of the rate 

 of growth of different species of trees under different 

 conditions as a basis for determining the length of rota- 

 tion and estimating the income from private or public 

 forestry; tree measurements, to determine the volume in 

 terms of various products; the development of methods 

 of artificial reforestation, including both nursery prac- 

 tice and field planting ; problems connected with the death 

 of chestnut from the blight, and its replacement by other 

 species ; the proper place of grazing in the scheme of for- 

 est management; methods of brush disposal; and other 

 subjects connected with the protection and rejuvenation 

 of the forests and the increase of their value. In short, 

 the problems ultimately to be covered are expected to 

 develop the whole technical basis for the practice of for- 

 estry for the species, types and conditions of the region. 

 The results obtained will apply not only to the administra- 

 tion of the national forests, but also to the handling of 

 privately owned commercial tracts and even farm wood- 

 lots. 



Manifestly this is a large order. With the small force 

 of men and the scanty funds available a rigid selection of 

 problems, in order of importance, must be made. Further- 

 more, not all the problems to be undertaken are sus- 

 ceptible of early solution. In many of them results can 

 be obtained only after 5 or 10, perhaps more, years of 

 periodic observation and measurement of sample plots. 

 After all, however, these periods are not long, and the in- 

 vestments are small in comparison with the possibilities 

 of increased productivity of the great areas which the 

 experiment station will serve. 



Just a word more about the station. Its technical force 

 consists of three men in addition to the writer : Mr. E. F, 

 McCarthy, Mr. C. F. Korstian, and Mr. F. W. Haasis. 

 Our staff is quite cosmopolitan, combining training in 

 forest investigations in Canada and New England, the 

 Inland Empire, the Southwest, and the Southern Appa- 

 lachian region itself. Its members bring a collective ex- 

 perience in practically all kinds of technical outdoor for- 

 estry, silvicultural and economic, theoretical and prac- 

 tical. 



nPHE annual normal production of lumber in France is 

 about 2,000,000,000 board feet, with nearly 4,700,- 

 000 cords of firewood. Total annual production of mari- 

 time pine in southwestern France is about 644,500,000 

 board feet according to a late report of the U. S. Con- 

 sul at Bordeaux. Maritime pine is an important source 

 of wealth to this district, next to vineyards and) naval 

 stores. 



pURNITURE wood, to the value of $402,963, was ex- 

 ported to Egypt from the United States in 1920, com- 

 pared with $178,875 in 1919 and $267,244 in 1913. 



A CONCERT ON HARNEY PEAK 



TOURING the past many unusual things have occurred 

 -"-^on and near Harney Peak, highest point in the Black 

 Hills of South Dakota; but it remained for a troop of 



Boy Scouts of 

 America to set 

 the precedent of_ 

 giving a band 

 concert on this 

 loftiest pinnacle 

 betweenthe 

 Rockies and the 

 Himalayas, o n 

 June 6. 



The two to 

 three thousand 

 tourists who vis- 

 it Harney Peak 

 each summer 

 usually feel that 

 carrying their 

 own weight up 

 and down the 

 three miles of 

 mountain trail is 

 effort enough, 

 hence the Scouts 

 in bringing their 

 instruments, in- 

 eluding bass 

 drum and large 

 horns over the 

 trail, marks a 

 decided innovation in Harney Peak history. The or- 

 ganization, which was made up of twenty members of 

 Troop One, of Lemmon, South Dakota, made a tour 

 of the Hills in charge of Scoutmaster E. Dickinson and 

 Assistant Charles Olson, the musical programs being ar- 

 ranged by Bandmaster Dave Clark. 



The itinerary of the trip, which was made in motor 

 trucks, includes Newell, Belle Fourche, Spearfish, Dead- 

 wood, Lead, Sylvan Lake, Hot Springs, Wind Cave, Stur- 

 gis and other well-known points of the Hills. An added 

 feature of the concert on Harney Peak was that it was 

 enjoyed also by guests at Sylvan Lake and the Forest 

 Service officers at Custer, who listened in by telephone. 



.\x\lBITIOUS MUSICIANS 



Proving their desire to rise in the world, 

 this Boy Scout Band decided to give a con- 

 cert on Harney Peak, 7,240 feet high the 

 highest point in the United States east of 

 the Rockies. 



T^ RANCE it is estimated, lost 10 per cent of its lumber 

 *- and 6j4 per cent of its firewood in the World War. 

 Before the war the forest area of France was 24,430,000 

 acres or about 18.7 per cent of the total land area. Of this 

 29 per cent was in oak and 19 per cent in beech. 



The Service of Forests of the French Department of 

 Agriculture estimated early in 1919 a loss of nearly 

 1,500,000 acres of wooded area due to the war, and the 

 destruction of more than two billion board feet of lumber. 



