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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



credit for faithfulness and enthusiasm in their daily work 

 behind the lines, a work just as necessary in the war as 

 mopping up a trench or going over the top. 



Speaking personally and a bit frankly, because I am 

 no longer connected with Company and because I 



know the personnel of the company, so well, I can say 



with considerable pride that the men of Company 



have gone "Over the Top" so far, many times, and 

 that they can be counted on to do so again and again, 

 jusqu'au but! 



DONATIONS TO THE WELFARE FUND FOR LUMBERMEN AND 



FORESTERS IN WAR SERVICE 



AMERICAN FORESTRY will publish each month the list of those making donations to this fund. Many of the donations) 

 from members of the American Forestry Association so far received were made without solicitation and were inspired by 

 reading in the magazine that a relief and comfort fund for men of the forest regiments was being collected. Many substan- 

 tial contributions are being received from the Forest Service and from lumber companies and lumbermen following requests sent 

 to them by the Secretary of the Welfare Fund for Lumbermen and Foresters in War Service, by the lumber organizations of 

 which they are members, and by the committees of lumbermen which had charge in various sections of the United States of 

 securing enlistments for the forest regiments. Contributions should be sent to P. S. Risdale, Treasurer, 1410 H. Street, N. W., 

 Washington, District of Columbia. 



Contributions to the Welfare Fund to November 1, 1918, are as follows: 



Previously acknowledged $20,513.06 



The Biltmorean 5.00 



Blackman, W. R., Los Angeles, California 3.00 



Dunham, Miss M. V., Chicago, Illinois 100.00 



Hayes, Mrs. R. P., Asheville, North Carolina 10.00 



Johnson, Miss Elizabeth, Pasadena, California 5.00 



Maddox, R. S., Nashville, Tennessee 5.00 



Morris, John B., Saugatuck, Connecticut 10.00 



Nelson, Jr., John M., Endeavor, Pennsylvania 



(N. P. Wheeler, Jr., District No. 3) 



Peters, J. G., Washington, District of Columbia 

 Schreiter, Henry, New York City, New York.. 



Stadtmiller, L. R., Hankow, China 



Wiggin, Mrs. H. C, Cloquet, Minnesota 



5.00 

 5.00 

 5.00 

 15.00 

 3.00 



Total $20,684.06 



IMPROVE YOUR WOOD-LOT WHEN CUTTING FUEL -TREES TO LEAVE 



AND TREES TO TAKE 



IN cutting firewood for this winter's emergency fuel 

 supply the operation should be undertaken with the 

 double purpose of furnishing heat and improving the 

 farm-wood lot at the same time. The United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture has issued a brief statement 

 which tells what trees to leave and what to cut. 



It recommends that the trees be marked for cutting 

 now while the leaves are on them, even if other farm 

 work prevents the actual felling until later, because it is 

 easier to tell the different kinds by the foliage than by 

 the bark. But the cutting should be done as soon as pos- 

 sible if the firewood is to be used this winter, so there will 

 be some time for the wood to season. 



In the New England and Middle Atlantic States the 

 following kinds should be left standing to furnish lumber, 

 except in the case of individual trees that are crooked, 

 knotty, diseased, or defective ; white pine, red spruce, 

 balsam, chestnut, white oak, red oak, hard maple, yellow 

 birch, tulip poplar, white ash, hickory, and basswood. 



The trees of less value for lumber, or slow growing, 

 and which should be cut are: Hemlock, arbor vitse, black 

 oak, scarlet oak, red maple, beech, gum, elm, gray birch, 

 and iron wood. 



In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Southeast Missouri 

 save : Yellow poplar, black walnut, red gum, white oak, 

 red oak, cuttonwood, hickory, white ash, hard maple, and 

 basswood. 



In these States the trees to be cut from the farm wood- 

 lot for firewood are black oak, red elm, beech, and red 

 maple. 



In the northern parts of Michigan, Wisconsin, and 

 Minnesota the trees to be saved for lumber are: White 

 pine, red pine, aspen, yellow birch, basswood, red oak, 

 white ash, and hard maple. 



Farmers in the northern section of these States may 

 well cull out for firewood and thus improve the value of 

 their lumber stands the following trees : Jack pine, hem- 

 lock, scarlet oak, black oak, elm, and beech. 



In the southern portions of these Lake States Michi- 

 gan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota farms would do well 

 to save: White oak, red oak, white ash, basswood, hickory 

 and hard maple. 



The trees that may be removed for fuel in the southern 

 farming section of these states are: Black oak, red elm, 

 and beech. 



