will, therefore, be used industrially on a 

 larger scale than ever before. Many manu- 

 facturing concerns in Massachusetts used 

 wood mixed with soft coal last winter. 

 Although the use of wood increases the 

 expense, it is far preferable to closing down 

 an essential industry. 



From the farmers' standpoint this mar- 

 ket is a desirable one, as 4-foot wood is 

 used. The domestic requirements for wood 

 will undoubtedly also be greater than ever. 

 For this purpose wood in short lengths is 

 required, and can most economically be 

 produced with the use of a power mill. In 

 many communities municipal wood yards 

 were established last winter. The farmers 

 brought their wood into these yards in log 

 lengths, and sold it to the municipality. It 

 was sawed by a municipal machine and 

 sold at cost. In this way the farmers were 

 guaranteed a market for their wood, and 

 were relieved of the burden of sawing or 

 investing in the necessary machinery. There 

 should be an extension of this idea during 

 the coming winter as a means of saving 

 labor. 



CURRENT LITERATURE 



CURRENT 



LITERATURE 



MONTHLY LIST FOR OCTOBER, 1918 



(Books and periodicals indexed in the 

 library of the United States Forest Service.) 



FORESTRY AS A WHOLE 

 Proceedings and reports of Associations, forest 

 officers, etc. 



India Burma Forest 



695 



HOW THE FOREST SERVICE HELPS 

 IN WAR 



THE Forest Service of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture is mobiliz- 

 ing the country's forest resources for 

 war by helping the War and Navy depart- 

 ments and munitions manufacturers get 

 the kinds and quantities of wood needed for 

 rifles, airplanes, wheels and other special- 

 ties; finding out what kinds and grades of 

 wood are suitable for war-time's special 

 requirements ; training inspectors of wood 

 materials ; improving timber specifications ; 

 and investigating and testing material, 

 processes, and products used in manufac- 

 ture of war supplies derived in whole or in 

 part from wood. It is also stimulating the 

 production of meat, wool, and hides on 

 National Forest ranges ; co-operating with 

 stockmen to lower losses from poisonous 

 plants ; aiding the Fuel Administration to 

 increase fuel supplies through use of wood; 

 and is teaching the conservation of natural 

 resources. It has helped recruit two regi- 

 ments of forest engineers for service 

 abroad, and is now contributing in the re- 

 cruiting of the third and it contributed 

 more than 375 members to the colors. 



TEACHING ITALIAN WAR CRIPPLES 

 WOODCRAFT 



WOOD-WORKING establishments are 

 being erected at various points back 

 of the Italian lines for the express 

 purpose of teaching Italian war cripples 

 wood-carving, box-making, and other in- 

 dustries requiring the use of timber, says 

 a dispatch from Rome. 



It is said that many of the Italian sol- 

 diers show themselves as adepts in the 

 wood-working art, and it is the purpose 

 of the Italian Government to encourage 

 these propensities as much as possible and 

 at the same time assure the establishment 

 of an industry which will be of direct bene- 

 fit to the entire population. 



Dept. Report on 

 forest administration for the year ended 

 the 30th June, 1917. 109 p. Rangoon, 

 1918. 



SILVICULTURE 



New South Wales Forestry commission- 

 ers. Silviculture, chap. 1. Sydney, 

 1918. 



Natural reproduction 



Hofmann, J. V. The importance of seed 

 characteristics in the natural repro- 

 duction of coniferous forests. 25 p. 

 pi. Minneapolis, 1918. (University of 

 Minnesota. Studies in the biological 

 sciences, no. 2.) 



FOREST LEGISLATION 



(J. S. Dept. of agriculture Forest serv- 

 ice. State forestry laws : New York. 

 40 p. Wash., D. C, 1918. 



FOREST ADMINISTRATION 

 Philippine Islands, Laws, statutes, etc. The 

 forest regulations. 25 p. Manila, 1917. 

 FOREST UTILIZATION 

 Lamb, Geo. N., Marketing farm timber in 

 South Carolina. 48 p. il. Clemson 

 College, S. C, 1918. (Clemson agri- 

 cultural college Extension division. 

 Extension bulletin 41.) 

 Lumber industry 



Southern pine association. The Gulf Coast 

 classification of pitch pine, resawn lum- 

 ber and sawn timber. 28 p. New 

 Orleans, La., 1917. 

 Southern pine association. Southern yel- 

 low pine timbers, including definition 

 of the "density rule." 22 p. diagrs. 

 New Orleans, La., 1917. 

 Southern pine association. Standard speci- 

 fications for grades of southern yellow 

 pine lumber. 58 p. il. New Orleans, 

 La., 1917. 

 Wood-using industries 



Pratt, M. B. The use of lumber on Cali- 

 fornia farms. 121 p. il. Berkeley, 

 Cal., 1918. (California Agricultural 

 experiment station. Bulletin 299.) 

 Virginia State forester. Burn wood and 

 save coal for the war industries. 4 p. 

 il. Charlottesville, Va., 1918. (For- 

 estry leaflet no. 19.) 



WOOD TECHNOLOGY 

 Southern pine association. Service and 

 economy in building. 23 p. il. New 

 Orleans, La., 1917. 



AUXILIARY SUBJECTS 

 Natural resources 



Louisiana Dept. of conservation. Bien- 

 nial report, from Apr. 1, 1916, to Apr. 

 1, 1918. 180 p. il., pi., maps. New 

 Orleans, La., 1918. 

 Louisiana Dept. of conservation. A brief 

 survey of the natural resources of 

 Louisiana. 15 p. il. New Orleans, 

 La., 1917. (Bulletin 2.) 



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