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the subject, or a journalist who knows 

 nothing?" "The journaHst, most assured- 

 ly," Stead replied; "if you get an astrono- 

 mer to write the article he will write it 

 for astronomers and use terms which 

 your readers will not understand. The 

 net effect will be that your reader will 

 not learn what you want him to." "But," 

 queried Morley, "is that not setting igno- 

 rance to instruct ignorance?" "By no 

 means. It is setting a man who is in- 

 telligent to tap the brains of a specialist 

 and then to serve up his knowledge so 

 that it can be understood by the ordinary 

 reader." Apparently the debate ended 

 here. 



PERPETUAL TIMBER SUPPLY FOR 

 LUMBERMEN 



Sooner or later the timber accessible to 

 a sawmill becomes exhausted, says the 

 F"orest Service, United States Department 

 of Agriculture. The operators are forced 

 to junk a large part of their equipment, 

 tear up their railroad tracks, abandon 

 their roads and move to other sources of 

 supply. To the lumberman this means a 

 loss of money and time; to the workers 

 in mill and woods it means either seeking 

 other employment or new fields of activ- 

 ity; to the community it means a serious 

 and sometimes a fatal setback. 



Relief from these conditions, forest ex- 



perts state, marks a recently proposed 

 sale of Aational Forest timber as the most 

 unique ofter ever made by the Government 

 to lumbermen. The timber to be placed 

 on the market is within the Malheur Na- 

 tional Forest, Oregon, and the Govern- 

 ment proposes to open up the region on 

 the basis of a perpetual supply of forest 

 products. Forest Service estimates show 

 that 60 million feet of yellow pine saw- 

 timber may be cut yearly for all time, 

 thus insuring to the local industries the 

 o,pportunity to have a continuous stream 

 of raw material, permanent bases of oper- 

 ation and staple employment for woods 

 and mill workers. 



The area which totals 550,000 acres and 

 contains 6700 million board feet of saw 

 timber is, according to foresters, one of 

 the last great timbered regions in the 

 United States to be opened up for in- 

 dustrial development. 



The first unit to be put on the market 

 is now being offered to the highest bidder 

 and includes 890 million feet to be cut 

 under a 20-year contract. 



CAMPS IN STATE FORESTS 



To encourage use of the recreational fa- 

 cilities of the State Forests, the Depart- 

 ment of Forestry has authorized the con- 

 struction of seven additional public camp 

 grounds in Pennsylvania this fall. These 



new camp grounds, and the eleven similar 

 recreational areas which were developed 

 last spring, will provide headquarters for 

 hunters who go into the woods this fall. 



Several camp grounds will be equipped 

 with log lean-tos, stone fireplaces, walled- 

 up springs, garbage cans, comfort stations, 

 and in some instances, public telephones. 

 Use of the camp grounds will be free to 

 the public, but permits, which will be issued 

 by the local forest officers, will be required 

 when campers desire to occupy a site for 

 more than two days. 



Three of the new camps will be equipped 

 and situated particularly for the use of 

 automobile tourists who carry camping 

 outfits with them. These camp grounds, 

 however, are not restricted to their use. 

 They may be occupied also by sportsmen 

 and picnickers. Four other new camp 

 grounds will be prepared by the depart- 

 inent for the convenience of sportsmen and 

 campers. 



1923 BIRD CALENDAR 



ANDUBON SOCIETY OF BUFFALO 



Beautiful photo reproductions of living wild 

 birds, choice bits of verse and information. 

 Excellent gifts for everyone. Help the birds. 

 [Vice, 60c each, postpaid. Ready Nov. 15. 



MRS. CHARLES M. WILSON, Secretary, 

 503 Lafayette Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. 



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