AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 

 L. M. CROMELIN, Assistant Editor 



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PUBLISHED MONTHLY PRICE 40c A COPY $4.00 A YEAR 



OCTOBER, 1922 CONTENTS Vol. 28, No. 346 



THE HAWAIIAN ALGAROBA Frontispiece 



WEST PERSIA THE WOOD FAMINE COUNTRY Edward C. M. Richards 579 



With sixteen illustration. 



HOW BIG IS A TREE 585 



With one illustration. 



THE WHITE OAKS Joseph S. Illick 586 



With thirteen illustrations. 



STATE FORESTERS IN MINNESOTA Ovid M. Butler 593 



With six illustrations. 



CORVUS THE CROW Edward Howe Forbush 598 



With seven illustrations. 



PUBLICITY IN STATE FORESTRY WORK Henry C. Campbell 603 



With two illustrations. 



EDITORIAL 606 



TWIN TREES AND NATURAL GRAFTS B. F. Andrews 609 



With eight illustrations. 



THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN LUMBER INDUSTRY A. B. Recknagel 611 



GROWTH OF SOUND IDEAS IN GAME MANAGEMENT Ward Shepard 613 



\\'ith seven illustrations. 



POEM AN UNWRITTEN TOMBSTONE Otto L. Anderson 616 



WILD PIGEONS AND DOVES R. W. Shufeldt 617 



With fourteen illustrations. 



SPREADING THE FORESTRY IDEA Philip W. Ayres 624 



FORESTRY IN THE NEWSPAPERS 626 



FOREST INSECTS IN THE NORTHWEST H. B. Pierson 628 



With five illustrations. 



CANADIAN DEPARTMENT Ellwood Wilson 635 



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Coprright, 1922, by The American Forestry Association. 



