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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



a collection of native woods from Java, in 

 line with the eflfort to improve the equip- 

 ment of the school in every way possible. 

 Forestry Exhibit at State Fair 



A very interesting and striking display 

 of publicity material was sent by the Idaho 

 School of Forestry to the State Fair at 

 Boise, and to the State Convention of the 

 Federation of Women's Clubs at Burley 

 during October. The display consisted of 

 a collection of unusual products made 

 from wood such as fine socks, absorbent 

 cotton, clothes line, etc. ; another collection 

 and diagram showing the great variety of 

 the chejnical products derived from wood; 

 a large chart in the form of a tree, show- 

 ing the activities of the Forest School and 

 the opportunities open to trained foresters ; 

 a set of the publications of the, School of 

 Forestry ; a wonderful assortment of 

 photographs of the white pine forests of 

 the state and a chart showing the import- 

 ance of the forest industries to the state 

 and the necessity of protecting the forests 

 from fire. 



Practical Fire Fighting 



Late in September the School of For- 

 estry was given an opportunity to prove its 

 practical usefulness to the local community 

 by taking charge of a large forest fire, 

 burning on Moscow Mountain, and threat- 

 ening to destroy several summer homes 

 as well as reduce the recreational and 

 scenic value of the mountains. This area 

 lies entirely outside the jurisdiction of the 

 protective associations and so there is no 



organization to take care of fires which 

 may occur. The persons, whose property 

 was threatejied, called upon the School of 

 Forestry for aid and Prof. C. E. Behre 

 undertook the direction of the work, aided 

 by students of the Forest School. The 

 Moscow Chamber of Commerce provided 

 transportation and food and enlisted the 

 services of volunteer fire fighters. It took 

 five days and a light rain to put the fire 

 under control with the burned area esti- 

 mated at 1,000 acres. The city of Moscow 

 and the, Idaho School of Forestry feel, 

 however, that a very creditable piece of 

 work was accomplished in handling suc- 

 cessfully a fire of this size entirely with 

 volunteer help. 



DEMAND FOR PENNSYLVANIA 

 TREES 



Applications for trees for the spring 

 planting season now coming into the De- 

 partment of Forestry indicate that the 

 movement for the reforestation of waste 

 and denuded lands in Pennsylvania is 

 growing steadily. 



Each succeeding year it is brought home 

 to the people of the State, as well as all 

 the country at large, with increasing force 

 that the only hope of a timber supply in 

 the future lies in new forests, produced 

 either artifically or naturally. 



In order to make forests more attractive 

 as an investment, the State is spending 

 large sums to protect them fro.n fire. 



To date the number of applications fr-r 



young forest trees is far more than for 

 the corresponding period last year. Land 

 owners in all parts of the State have ap- 

 plied for trees in such large quantities that 

 the entire supply, about 4,000,000 trees, of 

 white pine, Norway spruce, Japanese red 

 pine, European larch, red oak. catalpa and 

 black walnut has been allotted. 



The Department of Forestry has, how- 

 ever, about 3.000,000 young trees of the 

 following kinds available : Pitch pine, 

 Scotch pine, Japanese black pine, white ash. 

 green ash, rock oak and American elm. 



These trees are from five to twelve 

 inches in height. They are distributed free 

 to land-owners by the E)epartment of For- 

 estry, and they are to be planted for wood 

 production. They are not suited in size 

 and shape for shade or ornamental plant- 

 ing. 



In addition to applications from indi- 

 viduals requests for trees have been re- 

 ceived from cities for municipal parks and 

 for watershed reforestation. More appli- 

 cations have come from sportsmen's clubs 

 than ever before, indicating a wider inter- 

 est among outing organizations in co-oper- 

 ating to protect and preserve the natural 

 resources of the State. 



Water companies and coal mining com- 

 panies are prominent among the applicants. 

 The former are planting to conserve their 

 water supplies, and the mining companies 

 are planting their surface lands to provide 

 a future supply of timber for their opera- 

 tions. 



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Any person may become a memoer or tne American Forestry Association 

 upon application ana payment 01 dues. 



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