plied to all types of forest, including the 

 hardwood lands and cypress brakes. Other 

 subjects to be discussed at the meeting in- 

 'ide forestry in the public schools, the 

 lests and our navigable streams, and 

 iorest fires. The list of speakers will he 

 announced at a later date. 



WOOD LOT NEEDED ON FARMS 



Iowa farmers use between $6,000,000 and 

 $10,000,000 worth of lumber annually, ac- 

 cording to the forestry department at Iowa 

 State College, and this bill will soon be 

 doubled, unless they economize in the use 

 of the better grades and give attention to 

 the treatment of forest products. The far- 

 mer is the largest user of wood in the 

 United States, say the forestry experts, who 

 estimate that 46 per cent of all wood used 

 annually goes to the farms. Not only does 

 the farm require much timber and wood 

 for posts, fuel and minor supplies but the 

 average farm each year uses 2,000 board 

 feet of lumber for buildings. 



Better grades of building lumber, such as 

 pine, cypress and oak, according to I. T. 

 Bode, e.xtension service forester, are get- 

 ting scarcer every day, but in spite of this 

 there is a greater demand than ever for 

 lumber and posts on the farm. Building 

 and repair work on the average farm are at 

 present below normal but there will soon 

 be a greater call for lumber. 



To meet this demand Mr. Bode ad- 

 vocates the farm woodlot. Every farm 

 should have a planting of trees of different 

 varieties and this should be placed on waste 

 land that will not produce a good agricul- 

 tural crop. By the planting of rapid grow- 

 ing softwood trees, serviceable lumber will 

 result in ten years time and these woods 

 can be treated with creosote or other pre- 

 servative and last as long as the better 

 grades of hardwoods. 



In order to start this work in Iowa the 

 extension service has established a forestry 

 department which will endeavor to increase 

 the use of softwood fence posts by treat- 

 ment; establish more woodlots in Iowa and 

 j have them managed in a definite manner 

 i and placed on the wasted corners and poor- 

 I er land of the farms; and to provide per 

 I manent farm protection by establishing 

 ; shelterbelts for animals and buildings that 

 j will return wood for farm uses. 



OF INTEREST TO USERS OF WOOD 

 WASTE 



The Wood Waste E.xcliange of the U. S. 

 ' Forest Service has been transferred from 

 I Washington to the Forest Products Labora- 

 I tory, Madison, Wisconsin, where its future 

 j activities will be centered. The Exchange 

 I has in the past contributed much towards 

 j more complete utilization of wood, by sup- 

 I plying a medium through which the mills and 

 wood-using factories could locate markets 

 for their side lumber and short lengths, and 

 wood-consuming factories sources of mate- 

 rial of this character which would meet their 

 requirements. 



AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Centering the activities of the Exchange at 

 the Forest Products Laboratory will permit 

 an expansion of this service, in that it will be 

 possible to include suggestions as to mar- 

 kets and new uses for by-products and low 

 grade material, hased on the latest results 

 of technical research carried on by the 

 Laboratory. 



All communications should be addressed 

 to the director, Forest Products Laborato- 

 ry, Madison, Wisconsin. 



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YELLOWSTONE OUR GREAT FISH- 

 ING PRESERVE 



In order to insure the reputation of the 

 Yellowstone National Park as the greatest 

 fishing preserve in the United States the 

 National Park Service in cooperation with 

 the United States bureau of Fisheries car- 

 ried on the restocking of the Lakes and 

 streams of the Yellowstone this past season 

 on a greater scale than ever before. The 

 Government fish hatchery was maintained 

 on Yellowstone Lake during the season 

 with excellent results. The total collection 

 of eggs of native trout in the park was 

 5,996,000 which were developed to the stage 

 of eyed eggs and fry and 2,871,000 of these 

 were returned to the waters of the park 

 and the balance, except, of course, the or- 

 dinary losses incident to hatching and trans- 

 portation, -were distributed to points out- 

 side the park. In addition to those col- 

 lected in the park, there were distributed 

 in park waters from outside hatcheries 

 2,800,000 fry or a total of 4,051,000 fish. 

 This is double the amount of fish planted 

 in 1920. The species were Eastern brook. 



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 BOOK 



1922 



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 DREER'S GARDEN BOOK contains 224 

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