AMERICAN FORESTRY" 



511 



COMPANY URGES CARE WITH FIRE 



"Be sure to extinguish match, cigar or 

 cigarette before throwing away." This 

 warning now appears on the cigarette pack- 

 ages of one of the largest American to- 

 bacco companies and is the first example of 

 its kind in the United States. 



Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, in 

 whose department the Forest Service ad- 

 ministers its 156 million acres of National 

 Forests, wrote the tobacco company, expres- 

 sing his gratification over their action. 



"The fire danger incident to the use of 

 matches and tobacco," writes Secretary 

 Wallace," is usually given little consid- 

 eration by the vast army of smokers. 

 Statistics compiled by the National Board 

 of Fire Underwriters show that the an- 

 nual loss from fires caused by matches 

 and burning tobacco in the United States 

 reached the impressive total of more than 

 $73,000,000 during the five-year period 1915 

 to 1919, inclusive. To this total must be 

 added a considerable percentage of the un- 

 necessary fire destruction in the forests of 

 our country, where each year fires destroy 

 or damage sufficient timber to build homes 

 for the entire population of a city the size 

 of Washington, New Orleans, Denver or 

 San Francisco. 



BURNED FORESTS BUILD NO 

 HOMES 



Every year forest fires in the United 

 States destroy or damage sufficient timber 

 to build houses for the entire population 

 of a city the size of Washington, D. C. ; 

 New Orleans, Louisiana ; Denver, Colo- 

 rado, or San Francisco. California, accorc- 

 ing to a statement just issued by the For- 

 est Service, United States Department of 

 Agriculture, through "Safeguarding Amer- 

 ica Against Fire," the official bulletin of 

 the National Board of Fire Underwriters. 

 The area burned over each year, it is said. 

 is equal to a strip ten miles wide reachmg 

 from New York City to Denver, Colorado. 



The publication directs attention to the 

 fact that fifteen years ago the bulk of pub- 

 lic sentiment against forest fires was in 

 the East. Today it is in the West, where 

 6l pe,r cent of the remaining timber supply 

 of the country is located. Over 81.000,00 

 acres of forest land that were formerly 

 covered with timber are logged off or 

 burned and completely denuded of tree 

 growth. The solution of forestry problems, 

 experts say, lies largely in fire prevention 

 and reforestation. 



The National Forests, which contain 498 

 billion board feet of merchantable timber, 

 or 23 per cent of the remaining timber in 

 the country, are said to bear an important 

 relation to an adequate future wood supply 

 for the nation. These forests are today re- 

 ceiving protection from forest fires and 

 are bfini< cut to a limited extent so as to 



maintain a continuous production of new 

 forests. 



The fire loss in the National Forests 

 was limited in 1921 to 376,208 acres. A 

 total of 5,851 fires occurred. 75 per cent of 

 which were due to human agencies and 

 could have been prevented by care on the 

 part of forest users. The direct loss 

 amounted to $212,182 worth of tim,ber and 

 forage destroyed, and $512,106 was spent 

 by the Forest Service in fire fighting. 



Fires in the National Forests of Mon- 

 tana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Cali- 

 fornia numbered 3.843, or 65 per cent of the 

 total. In the National Forests of Arkansas 

 and Florida, 354 fires burned over 118.500 

 acres. 



PENNSYLVANIA'S NEW NATIONAL 

 FOREST 



The purchase of 74,025 acres of land to 

 form the nucleus of the new Allegheny 

 National Forest in Pennsylvania has just 

 been authorized by the National Forest 

 Reservation Commission. Twenty-se.ven 

 tracts of cut-over and burned lands, on the 

 headwaters of the Allegheny River in War- 

 ren, Elk, Forest and McKean counties, 

 were contracted for at an average price of 

 $2.75 pel" acre. 



"It is less than a year," stated W. W. 

 Ashe, secretary of the Commission, "since 

 authority was given the Federal Govern- 

 ment to acquire land for National Forest 

 purposes in Pennsylvania. By protection 

 and systematic management, the cut-over 

 lands so acquired will again be made to 

 contribute to the timber supply of the state 

 and nation, supplementing in this way the 

 forests which the state itself is acquiring 

 and putting under management. Because 

 of its enormous industrial needs Pennsyl- 

 vania ranks among the first in its timber re- 

 quirements. Four-fifths of the lumber used 

 by its industries and people is now pro- 

 duced outside its borders. For this reason 

 the people of Pennsylvania are vitally con- 

 cerned in the upbuilding of productive for- 

 ests both in their own and in other states. 



"There are in the United States 80,000.000 

 acres of at-one-time forest land now cut- 

 over, badly burned, unproductive and con- 

 tributing nothing to the timher supply of 

 the country. In addition to being idle these 

 lands tend to augment seriously the flood 

 situation of our great rivers. This condition 

 makes it important for the Government to 

 acquire as soon as possible such portions of 

 this land as most urgently require protec- 

 tion and are valuable as sources of future 

 timber supply. With a view to meeting 

 this condition the Commission has recently 

 recommended an appropriation of $2,000,- 

 000 for the fiscal year 1924 for further pur- 

 chases." 



ATTENTION, FORESTSER 



AMERICAN FORESTRY will print, free 

 of charge in this column, advertisements 

 of foresters wanting positions, or of per- 

 sons having employment to offer foresters. 

 This privilege is also extended to foresters, 

 lumbermen and woodsmen who want posi- 

 tions, or to persons having employment to 

 offer such foresters, lumbermen or woods- 

 men. 



POSITIONS WANTED 



WANTED Positions by three High School Grad- 

 uates (or forestry work or woods work for the 

 summer. Salary or location no object. Ex- 

 perience wanted. Box 3085, care AMERICAN 

 FORESTRY MAGAZINE, Washington, D. C. 



(4-6-22) 



GRADUATE LANDSCAPE FORESTER, expe- 

 rienced in both municipal and private forestry 

 and landscape engineering desires position with 

 a municipality or private concern. Address 

 Box 3095, care AMERICAN FORESTRY MAG- 

 AZINE, Washington, D. C. (4-6-22) 



"LAND OWNERS, are your holdings burden- 

 some? Perhaps there is a better way of getting 

 an income from them or turning them into cash 

 than has yet occurred to you. It will cost 

 you nothing to talk your troubles over with 

 a LAND SPECIALIST, temporarily unemployed, 

 with 25 years' experience at lumbering, fores- 

 try, farming and agricultural organization in 

 the Northwest. Write description of location, 

 topography, soil. etc.. in reply." Box 4010. care 

 AMERICAN FORESTRY MAGAZINE, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



FORESTRY COLLEGE GRADUATE. 22, single, 

 willing and capable, wants work with a forest 

 products company or a research party. Not par- 

 ticular which part of world dutiet will learl to. 

 Address Box 4000, care AMERICAN FORESTRY 

 MAGAZINE, Washington, D. C. (5-7-22) 



GRADUATE FORESTER Experienced; eight 

 years state forest management, four years nur- 

 sery, landscape and horticultural work, desires 

 connection with firm or individual interested in 

 forests or nurseries for commercial purposes. 

 Address Box 4020, care AMERICAN FORES- 

 TRY MAGAZINE, Washington. D. C. (6 8 22) 



POSITION WANTED BY A TECHNICALLY 

 TRAINED FORESTER at present employed as 

 forest manager on one of the biggest private es- 

 tates in Pennsylvania: 35 years experience. Can 

 furnish the best reference. Address Box 4030, 

 AMERICAN FORESTRY MAGAZINE, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. (6-9-22) 



FORESTER, University Graduate; 28 years of 

 age; ex-service man; several years' experience 

 in the paper industry as an executive, also sales 

 experience, desires position. Best references. 

 Address Box 4040, care AMERICAN FORES- 

 TRY, Washington, D. C. (7-9-22) 



YOUNG MAN, 32 years old; married; graduate ol 

 Cornell University; B. S., 1914; M. F.. 1915. with 

 five years' experience in the United States 

 Forest Service. Desires position as forester 

 with a lumber company or private estate. The 

 best of references. Address Box 4050, care 

 AMERICAN FORESTRY MAGAZINE, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. (7-9-22) 



FOREST ENGINEER, a graduate with eight 

 years experience as chief of timberland depart- 

 ment of large Eastern paper manufacturing 

 company is open for position with company 

 operating Eastern spruce lands. Address Box 

 M55, care AMERICAN FORESTRY MAGAZINE, 

 Washington, D. C. (8-10-22) 



WANTED 



WANTED FORESTERS AND RANGERS to act 

 as District Superintendents and book orders for 

 fruit and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, 

 etc. Fay weekly. Complete equipment. State 

 territory desired. Full or part time. Address 

 Box 3090, care AMERICAN FORESTRY MAGA- 

 ZINE, Washington, D. C. (4-6-22) 



FORESTERS, UNEMPLOYED CR EMPLOYED, 

 having executive ability and poscsssing 

 the gift to lead others, to write us. Great 

 opportunity for those that qualify. State age, 

 reference- (2) if employed. School graduated 

 from (years). Onfidential. Rangers also an- 

 swer this Address Box 66-66, AMERICAN 

 FORESTRY MAGAZINE, Waihington, D. C. 



