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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



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PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



October 1918 Vol. 24 



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CONTENTS No. 298 



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Walnut in the War 579 



With nine illustrations. 



A Most Expensive Cloak 584 



With one illustration. 

 A Good Winter Sport 585 



Experience of a Forestry Engineer Officer in France By Major Frank 



R. Barns 586 



With four illustrations. 



Wood in the War 588 



With two illustrations. 



Mexican Forests Afford Many Valuable Woods 590 



The Why of the "Y" 591 



With one illustration. 



"Follow Washington to the End" 592 



The Uses of Wood The Employment of Wood as House Finish By 



Hu Maxwell 593 



With sixteen illustrations. 



Lion's Foot, the Jewel Weeds, and Other Autumn Plants By R. W. 



Shufeldt 603 



With twelve illustrations. 



Quebec Busy Planting Spruce and Pine A Trip to the Nurseries 611 



With nine illustrations. 



The Liberty-Oil Plant By Robert Sparks Walker 612 



With two illustraions. 



"Save Paper" 614 



Olives and Walnuts The Food Trees of France 614 



Night-Hawks and Whip-Poor-Wills By A. A. Allen 615 



With six illustrations. 

 "Baldy Dan" in France By Lieut. Shelby M. Saunders 619 



With three illustrations. 

 Donations to the Welfare Fund for Lumbermen and Foresters in War 



Service 620 



Sheep Ornamental and Useful 621 



With three illustrations. 

 Parrot an Automobile Speed Fiend 623 



With one illustration. 



Capt. Bartelme Promoted , 623 



With one illustration. 



Wood for Water and Airships Must Be Had 625 



With one illustration. 



Shooting of Reed Birds Forbidden by Law 626 



Progressive Forestry Legislation in Louisiana 626 



North Carolina Urges Protection of Roadside Trees 626 



Fire Danger in Feather Grass By Dr. Robert T. Morris 627 



Letter From an American Forester Abroad 628 



Save Your Nut Shells and Fruit Pits 628 



Canadian Department By Ellwood Wilson 629 



Making Paper From Dead Leaves 6 



Ancient Pine Doors 632 



Current Literature ""* 



Black Walnut Needed 637 



ITALIAN OBSERVATORY CLEVERLY SITUATED UP A TREE 

 This observatory has been cleverly selected by the Italians as a most suitable place 

 for watching the Austrians. Acting under the camouflage screen afforded by the 

 giant trees, the Italians have placed a ladder that reaches to the very tree tops 

 and from here they are able to keep a close watch on enemy movements. 



Underwood and Underwood Italian Official Photograph 



