AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST FOUND 

 IN PENNSYLVANIA 



For the first time since the white pine 

 blister rust was discovered in America, 

 infections on currant and gooseberry 

 bushes were found this fall in Pennsyl- 

 vania. The original discovery was made 

 by a United States Department of Agri- 

 culture blister rust investigator in Wayne 

 County. The significance of this dis- 

 covery lies in the fact that white pine 

 blister rust is spread from pine to pine 

 only through the medium of currant or 

 gooseberry bushes. While some blister 

 rust has been found on planted pines in 

 Pennsylvania, they were brought in from 

 Europe in a diseased condition. These 

 infected trees were destroyed before cur- 

 rant and gooseberry leaves became dis- 

 eased, thus eliminating the danger of the 

 blister rust attacking healthy pines. 



Extensive work has been done in New 

 England and northern New York the past 

 summer to organize movements for eradi- 

 cation of the death-dealing bushes within 

 300 yards of white-pine trees and stands. 

 Such work protects the trees from the dis- 

 ease for a period of years, but both wild 

 and cultivated currant and gooseberry 

 bushes must be destroyed within the 300- 

 yard zone. Owners of fine stands of 

 white pine often have been reluctant to 

 believe danger exists through the prox- 

 imity of the bushes, but once demonstra- 

 tion has been made, they become active 

 in rooting out the offending shrubs. In- 

 festations as high as 46 per cent of the 

 pines have been found on some proper- 

 ties in New England and New York. 

 White pine is well recognized as one of 

 the most profitable crops that can be 

 grown on the poorer soils of the North- 

 eastern States. 



DAMAGE BY THE SATIN MOTH 



The advisability of quarantining the 

 States of New Hampshire and Massachu- 

 setts to check the spread of the satin moth, 

 a dangerous insect pest newly discovered 

 in this country is being considered. Quar- 

 antine action, if decided upon, would pro- 

 hibit or restrict the movement of the in- 

 sect's principal carriers, poplar, willow, and 

 related plants, from these States, or from 

 any districts in them found to be infested 

 with the pest, into other States and Ter- 

 ritories. The satin moth, so called from 

 its white, satin-like appearance, occurs 

 throughout Europe, and is particularly an 

 enemy of poplar and willow. It was first 

 reported in this country about July i, 1920, 

 in the Fellsway district north of Boston, but 

 from its distribution and abundance, as la- 

 ter determined, it is thought that it then had 

 undoubtedly been in the United States for 

 several years. It has not been possible to 

 determine the source of its introduction, but 

 the department thinks it probable that the 

 insect was brought in with some importa- 

 tions of willows or poplars. 



Fri^T-f SOME OLDER LAKES CON- 

 -' TAIN LESS FISH. 



This may be due to untoward changes in 

 breeding areas. Is your lake deteriorating? 

 I examine, report and adjust. Literature 

 on request. ERNEST CLIVE BROWN, 

 Box 107 F, Station G, New York City. 



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 WHO CAVE THEiR LIVES 

 IN THE WORLD WAR 



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