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AMKK1CAN FORESTRY 



A Beautiful English Walnut Tree In 

 Washington's Garden, Ht. Vernon. 



The Great Washington 



probably did not know that an acre (50 trees) of 



English Walnut Trees 



will produce in a single year food equal to 

 60,000 eggs (as asserted by Dr. J. H. Kellog), 

 but he did know the great value of nut trees 

 and planted them around his home at Mt. 

 Vernon. You may not know that at Roches- 

 ter we have highly developed the 



Northern Grown English Walnut Tree 



so that it is available for planting about 

 your home, in your garden and orchard, with 

 the same assurance of success as a planting 

 of Apples, Pears and Peaches, without regard 

 to our cold winters. 



Read about these wonderful trees in our 1919 

 catalogue, which will be sent free on request, 

 and let us aid you in making a selection for 

 your home, in your garden and orchard, with 



GLEN BROS., Inc., Glenwood Nursery, 

 1827 Main St., Rochester, N. Y. 



Modern English Walnut Orchard 

 near Rochester, N. Y. 

 2S0 bushels from 228 trees one season 



WHEN YOU BUY 



PHOTO -ENGRAVINGS 



buy the right kind That is, the 

 particular style and finish that will 

 best illustrate your thought and 

 print best where they are to be 

 used. Such engravings are the real 

 quality engravings for you, whether 

 they cost much or little. 

 We have a reputation for intelligent- 

 ly co-operating with the buyer to 

 give him the engravings that will 

 best suit his purpose-- 

 Our little house organ "Etchings" is 

 full of valuable hints-Send for it. 

 H. A. GATCHEL, Pra. t A ST1NS0N, Vke-Pres. 



GATCHEL & MANNING 



PHOTO-ENCRA VERS 



Sixth and Chestnut Streets 



PHILADELPHIA 



TREES for 



FOREST PLANTING 



Plant forest trees. Give employment 

 to our returning soldiers and 

 supply timber for future needs. 



We have the trees and will have the 

 men to plant them. 



Give us your order now for next 

 Spring. 



KEENE FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



KEENE, N. H. 



We will plant our trees by contract 

 or at cost to us. 



PLANT MEMORIAL TREES FOR OUR HEROIC DEAD AND 

 WHEN THEY ARE PLANTED INFORM THE AMERICAN 

 FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



SELL FUEL WOOD BY WEIGHT 



Y/ GOD for fuel should be sold by weight 

 instead of by cord measure, for the 

 heating value depends not upon the bulk 

 of the wood but upon its weight, say for- 

 esters of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture in Bulletin 753, recently pub- 

 lished. A pound of dry wood of one spe- 

 cies has about as much heating value as 

 a pound of any other species, but two cords 

 may vary 100 per cent in their value for 

 heating. 



It is the custom to sell hardwoods and 

 softwoods at slightly different prices be- 

 cause of differences in heating values. This 

 is only a superficial classification, however, 

 as two species of hardwood may have 

 heating values widely different. Where 

 hardwoods and softwoods are mixed to- 

 gether wthout regard to the proportion of 

 each, the values may be so different that 

 one man may, for the same money, buy 

 twice as much heating value as another. 

 The shape and size of the sticks may also 

 cause great variation in the actual amount 

 of wood substance, and therefore of fuel. 

 If weight were the measure, the species, 

 shape, and size of sticks would make lit- 

 tle difference, provided the wood were 

 thoroughly seasoned. It would be neces- 

 sary, however, to fix certain standards as 

 to time of seasoning of wood, the special- 

 ists say. 



The bulletin points out that there is 

 special opportunity for greater use of 

 wood for fuel in New England, New York, 

 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, 

 Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and the Lake 

 States, where there is a rural population 

 of about 20,000,000, which is estimated to 

 use annually 18,000,000 tons of coal.' A 

 considerable proportion of these fuel users 

 will find wood available close enough to 

 their own neighborhood to make long 

 freight hauls unnecessary. By turning to 

 wood they will not only conserve the fuel 

 supply and relieve transportation, but are 

 likely to contribute to the prosperity of their 

 own community. For one thing the oppor- 

 tunity to sell wood fuel would tend to en- 

 courage the improvement of farm wood- 

 lands by proper thinnings. 



An increased market for wood fuel 

 should open up good opportunities for op- 

 erators of thrasher and silo-cutting outfits 

 or others who have gasoline or kerosene 

 engines to do custom sawing during the 

 winter, according to the bulletin. 



The bulletin contains many suggestions as 

 to how to develop and handle the woodlot | 

 to the best advantage. How to produce 1 

 wood, how to sell it, and how to use it j 

 are all covered in a practical way. 

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