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^.^I.8o per M. ft. b. m. ; an average price of 

 Sj5.oo per M ft. b. m. for lumber sold ; 

 leaving $3.20 per M ft. b. m. net profit. 

 This proves that lumber can be grown con- 

 tinuously on an organized forest for the 

 prevailing market price. 



Various tables bring details of area and 

 age by forest types; stand and increment; 

 and summary comparisons of types areas 

 n 1909 and 1919. These last are arranged 

 according to "periods" of 20 years each; 3 

 periods in the 60 year rotation. The oldest 

 period is known as I; the youngest as III. 

 The results show a gradual improvement in 

 the distribution of the age-classes, as fol- 

 lows: 



Actual Area 1909 Period I 40-6oyears, 

 603.59 acres ; period II, 20-40 years, 835.50 

 acres; period III 1-20 years, 187.76 acres. 

 -\II ages (totals), 1,626.60 acres. 



.Actual Area 1919 Period I 40-60 years, 

 557.50 acres; period II 20-40 years, 858.44 

 acres; period III 1-20 years, 359.14 acres. 

 .\1I ages (totals), 1,775.08 acres. 



The normal distribution would be for 

 each period 542 acres in 1909 and 592 acres 

 in 1919. Thus there is a gradual approach 

 tinvards normality especially in building up 

 the youngest age classes which were the 

 most defficient. This will be even more 

 marked as cutting proceeds more vigorous- 

 ly. Only 65 acres were cut in the ten 

 }cars which is only one-tenth instead of 

 the customary one-half of the area in the 

 "first period." 



The typography and general appearance 

 of the bulletin is beyond praise. It is wor- 

 thy of the institution the imprint of whose 

 seal it bears. A. B. Recknagel. 



as to provide food and protection for such 

 birds and at the same time utilize the land 

 to good advantage. 



The Friendly Arctic, by Vilhjalmur Ste- 

 fansson. (Macmillan) $6.00. 



In this book Stefansson has abolished the 

 heroics of Arctic exploration, and the book 

 is all the more compelling a story for 

 that very reason. Trying new theories 

 meant entering deliberately on one of the 

 most daring ventures in the history of ex- 

 ploration. Stefansson is in one person 

 scientist, historian, philosopher and com- 

 mon-sense friend of man. By such an ob- 

 server, with a mind free from fear and 

 worry, the beauties and dangers and won- 

 ders of new places are described as by no 

 other writer. The book carries a plot of 

 human interest wherein scientists, whalers, 

 Eskimos and explorers play their dramatic 

 parts, and a reviewer has aptly said that 

 "the Friendly Arctic makes a brilliant 

 chapter in the progress of civilization." 



.\ very attractive and interestingly writ- 

 ten leaflet entitled "Little Bits of Sugar 

 for the Birds" has been put out by the 

 F. W. Kelsey Company, of New York. It 

 deals with the desirability of preserving 

 and protecting our game birds and advo- 

 cates the planting of unused lands with 

 native berry and fruit trees and shrubs so 



INDIANA'S FORESTS 



William A. Guthrie, chairman of the 

 Indiana Conservation Commission, in ad- 

 dressing the lumbermen of his state, said : 

 "A little more than a century ago Indi- 

 ana was covered with the finest hardwoods 

 ever grown. In the recollection of many 

 of us this state possessed vast timber areas 

 which included white oak, poplar, walnut 

 and gum. 



"The most adaptable land for forestation 

 in Indiana is in the southern part of the 

 state. There are about 1,000,000 acres of 

 the Ohio River watershed which are suited 

 only for growing trees because the land is 

 too rough for cultivation." He advocated 

 the purchase of this land, some of which 

 contains second-growth timber up to 20 

 years old, and he argued in favor of state 

 and federal ownership. Individual owner- 

 ship will never settle the forestation 

 problem, Mr. Guthrie said, because timber 

 is a long-time crop and the individual is 

 hard to find who will invest heavily in a 

 business that yields such slow returns. 



In arguing for an Indiana forestation 

 program, the speaker cited the record of 

 other states along this line. Michigan has 

 855,000 acres of forest lands, he said. New 

 York has 1,767,778 acres, and Massachu- 

 setts now is acquiring all available lands 

 for reforestation. 



Indiana has slightly more than 3,000 

 acres of state forest lands, on which the 

 state conservation department is experi- 

 menting at growing hardwoods. 



Much of the land in the southern part 

 of the state which is available as the foun- 

 dation for a future timber supply in this 

 commonwealth can be obtained at from $2 

 to $10 an acre, Mr. Guthrie said. He 

 ended his speech with a request f^r the co- 

 operation of the members of the association 

 in the forestry program of the State Con- 

 servation Commission. 



GAVE ALMOST 3,000,000 TREES 



The Pennsylvania Department of For- 

 estry in 1921 distributed free 2,962,089 

 young forest trees. They were given to 

 1.091 owners of land in the State. It was 

 the second largest annua! distribution of 

 forest trees in the history of the Depart- 

 ment. 



The leading varieties planted were wbite 

 pine, Norway spruce, Scotch pine, Japan- 

 ese larch, sugar maple, black locust, and 

 white ash. 



This fall the Department of Forestry 

 rave away 190,833 trees to 125 applicants. 

 Among the trees supplied were 2,048 orna- 

 mental trees, which averaged three feet in 

 height. They were planted on the grounds 

 of public schools, churches, and municipal 

 parks. The Department will have about 

 3,500,000 trees for free distribution in 1922. 



TIMBER 



By HAROLD TITUS 



Author of "The Last Straw," "Bruce o: 

 Circle A," Etc. 



The best story Harold Titus eve 

 wrote ! "Timber" is big, powerful, tre 

 mendous the first novel of Conserva- 

 tion! And the reason Mr. Titus has 

 given us so powerful, so dramatic an 

 account of the struggle, to him tragic 

 between the Destroyers and Conserver 

 of White Pine, is because he felt the 

 tragedy of forest waste, forest destruc- 

 tion through and through. Born and 

 bred in a vast lumber district, loving 

 the forest and its people, our author 

 has risen in indignation against the 

 ruthles.s destruction of his playground, 

 and his novel is an inspired work 

 straight from the heart. 



"Timber" is a Red-BIooded Novel of 

 Today ! 



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FORESTRY COMMITTEE OF AGRI- 

 CULTURAL CONFERENCE 



The Forestry Committee of the Presi- 

 dent's Agricultural Conference has reported 

 a brief statement including general recom- 

 mendations concurred in by the members 

 of the committee which included in ad- 

 dition to Mr. Gifltord Pinchot as chairman, 

 Mr. A. W. Laird, of Potlatch, Idaho, 

 president of the Western Forestry and 

 Conservation Association ; Mr. George W. 

 Sisson, of New York, president of the 

 American Paper and Pulp Association. 

 Mr. C. H. Worcester, of Chicago, was also 

 invited to participate. The report of the 

 Forestry Committee of the conference con- 

 tains no new information, but in general 

 records the interest of those engaged in 

 agriculture in adequate solution of the 

 nation's forest problem. 



