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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



They give an idea of the effect of planting black locusts 

 above temporary dams so as to form a permanent dam to 

 hold the dirt as it crumbles from the banks above. It is 

 plain to see that after a while the banks will round off and 

 will contain a growth of value, and the erosion will be 

 stopped. The banks, however, must pay the price of 

 this rounding off process. There is no other solution 



unless the dirt for filling be hauled, which in such cases 

 is wholly impracticable. The gullies in the above cut 

 are not so deep or so steep as those Mr. Whittle describes, 

 but the principle in each is the same, and could man aid 

 nature, much could be done to save the forests, forest 

 and agricultural land in the South, the destruction of 

 which is now taking place. 



FREE TREES FOR PENNSYLVANIA 



IVrO limit will be set this year by Pennsylvania on the 

 ^^ number of forest tree seedlings for free distribution, 

 says Commissioner of Forestry Robert S. Conklin. Any- 

 one who wants to plant trees next spring may have them 

 for the asking. No strings are tied to the offer, the onlv 

 conditions being that applications for less than 500 trees 

 will not be filled, applicants must pay for packing and 

 transportation, and the trees may not be sold but must 

 be actually planted in Pennsylvania for reforestation 

 No applications can be filled for ornamental trees. 



The State Forest nurseries have raised more trees this 

 year than ever before, but so many of the foresters have 

 enlisted and so few laborers are available that the num- 

 ber to be planted on the State Forests probably will he 

 even less than last year. Over 10,000,000 trees are 

 ready to set out next spring, and as many more are ir 

 the nurseries, but are too small to plant next year. 



The stock available for free distribution is almost all 

 three years old, and includes white pine, Scotch pine. 

 red pine, pitch pine, Norway spruce, European larch, 

 Japanese larch and red oak. It is of better quality than 

 any sent out last year. 



FORESTRY PRIZE AWARD AT CORNELL 



When the new Forestry Building was opened by the 

 New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell Uni- 

 versity in 1914, Charles Lathrop Pack, of Lakewood, N. 

 /., widely known as a leading conservationist, who has 

 been closely associated with the development of forestry 

 along the most advanced lines, made contribution of $500 

 to the Forestry Department for use in its work. The 

 money was deposited with the university treasurer for 

 investment, the annual income to be used "in the interest 

 of forestry." This amounts to a little over $20, and the 

 faculty has decided that its best use is to give an annual 

 prize to the student in the Forestry Department who has 

 made the best record for the year both in his studies and 

 in his general attitude toward the work. This disposi- 

 tion of the money by the faculty strikes us as a wise one 

 for it gives that little additional spur to personal incen- 

 tive lent by competition, and makes it more interesting 

 for the boys. The prize for the past year has been 

 awarded and the winner was Samuel C. Sweeny, of 

 Hartsdale, N. Y., a senior in the Department of Forestry 

 Mr. Sweeny is now in the South at one of the operations 

 of the Bogalusa Company, getting his three month? 

 practical experience in a logging camp, which is part of 

 the course in forestry at the New York State College of 

 Agriculture. 



^A BALLAD OF THE TIMBER CRUISER 



BY LEW R. SAKRETT 



"Y"OHO! Yoho! Yoho! 

 -*- You whistlin', bristlin' blizzard, 

 A-sweepin' timber low, 



You buckin', blust'rin' roarer 

 With your whirlin', burlin' snow! 



You're snatchin' at my whiskers, 

 And you're rippin' at my clothes, 



You're pawin' at my duffle-bag. 

 And you're bitin' at my nose. 



You've swallowed up the balsams 

 With your blindin', grindin' drift, 



You've sheeted up the rapids, 

 And you're workin' double-shift. 



You've bluffed the lop-eared rabbit; 



Squirrel's prayin' for his soul; 

 Doe's shiverin' in the tamaracks; 



Mink's popped into his hole. 



Tho you've scared the whole blamed outfit, 



I'll call your brawlin' bluff 

 Here's to you! Blast and Bluster! 



Man's made of tougher stuff. " 



Yoho! Yoho! Yoho! 



You howlin', growlin' Norther, 

 A-roarin' as you go, 



You rippin', tearin' bully 

 With your icy clouds and blow! 



pAPER blankets have been made, in every way as ef- 

 -*- fective as 5-pound wool blankets, and only one-tenth 

 as heavy. 



T^HE locust which is too small for fence posts may 

 -*- often be sold for insulator pins and brackets for tele- 

 phone and telegraph lines. 



'T'HE government is reported to have reached a de- 

 ^ cision that tree nails or wooden pins used in ship- 

 building must be of locust or eucalyptus. The black 

 locust will be the particular species used. This is a good 

 fast-growing tree for New York if it can be properly 

 protected from the locust borers. 



CHUTTLE factories and other manufacturing plants 

 ^ use more than seven and one-half million feet of dog- 

 w'ood annually in this country. 



