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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Hollingsworth & Bragdon, Architects. 



Firtt Floor Plan, The Carothers House, 

 Netherwood, N. J. 



for certain uses than others, and the earlier 

 architects and builders soon found it prof- 

 itable just as did the architect of the Ca- 

 rothers house illustrated here to use cy- 

 press, for their shingle material. This re- 

 fers, of course, to the Colonial builders in 

 the New England States. At the present 

 time, however, it is interesting to note that 

 about 75 per cent of the wooden shingles 

 used in the United States today are cedar. 



The shingled walls and the roof of the 

 Carothers house are covered with cypress 

 shingles. The only other material used on 

 the exterior is white pine, of which all the 

 ornamental members such as the cornice, 

 railings, the entrance porch, the side 

 porches, etc., were built. 



Hollingsworth & Bragdon, Architects. 



Second Floor Plan, The Carothers House, 

 Netherwood, N. J. 



In this connection it may be of interest 

 to quote the following which is part of a 

 letter from a well-known New York archi- 

 tect: 



"You probably will be interested to 



j" know," he writes, "that the entire exterior 



of my own residence is constructed of 



clear, white pine, free from all knots and 



imperfections. 



"The detail throughout was kept very 

 delicate, and the sharpness of the mould- 

 ings could probably not have been obtained 

 in any other wood. There was no delay in 

 obtaining this material and the work has 

 stood up so well that I am glad to give you 

 this unsolicited recommendation." 



For delicately carved members, as this 

 letter suggests, white pine is generally the 

 most satisfactory material. And the Ca- 

 rothers house may be pointed to as an- 

 other example of the ability of white pine 

 to "stand up" and hold its shape and resist 

 wear and decay under exposure. Questions 

 of material, however, should not be allowed 

 to interfere with our appreciation of the 

 good design of the house. 



The location of the dining-room is both 

 unusual and commendable. Its placement 

 at the rear of the house gives it advantages 

 in the number and arrangement of win- 

 dows, and it offers the possibility of pleas- 

 ant views over the lawns and gardens of its 

 immediate and the adjoining land. Its re- 

 lation to the kitchen, also, and the isolation 

 of the latter from the remainder of the 

 house, are points in its favor, and the pos- 

 sibility of direct service from the kitchen 

 to the porch for outdoor dining is an ad- 

 vantage not to be overlooked. 



The second floor bedrooms have many 

 good features. Closet room is plentiful, 

 and the relation between the rooms and the 

 bath is, as a rule, direct. The sleeping 

 porch is practically ideal, and for those 

 who do not use it, cool draughts are as- 

 sured by the fact that windows occur on 

 two walls in each bedroom. 



On the whole, the house is a most inter- 

 esting one, both in its planning and in its 

 exterior design and finish. 



CANADIAN DEPARTMENT 



BY ELLWOOD WILSON 



SECRETARY, CANADIAN SOCIETY OF FOREST ENGINEERS 



At a very successful meeting of the 

 Commission of Conservation held in Ot- 

 tawa, the outstanding feature, from a 

 forestry standpoint, was the excellent pa- 

 per read by Dr. C. D. Howe, of the Uni- 

 versity of Toronto, on the studies of cut- 

 over pulpwood lands in the Province of 

 Quebec, under the auspices of the Com- 

 mission and in co-operation with the Pro- 

 vincial Forester, Mr. G. C. Piche, and the 

 Laurentide Company. Dr. Howe's re- 

 sults show that in all probability it will 

 be sixty years before another cut can be 

 made and that at that time the probable 

 crop will be about three cords to the 

 acre. As the present ground rent is five 



dollars per square mile per year and is 

 likely to be increased in 1920 and at each 

 succeeding ten year period, it seems hard- 

 ly profitable to buy or hold such lands. It 

 points to the necessity for a revision of 

 cutting regulations and the commence- 

 ment of a broad policy of reforestation. 

 Dr. Howe points out how meagre our 

 knowledge of reproduction and growth is 

 in Canada and urges the establishment of 

 sample plots for accurate studies in typi- 

 cal sections throughout the Dominion. 

 The Council of National Research has al- 

 ready begun this work at the Military 

 Reservation at Pettawawa in Ontario, 

 through the Dominion Forestry Branch 



FORESTERS IN MILITARY SERVICE 



(Concluded from Page 54.) 



Wentling, Floyd, 10th Engineers (Forest), state 

 forest warden. 



Westfeldt, W. O. (Yale For. School, '18). 



White, Sylvcr J., Co. B, Marine Barracks, Mare 

 Island Vallejo, Calif. (Forest Ranger, U. S. 

 F. S.). 



White, Martin E., forest ranger, U. S. F. S. 



White, William E., forest examiner, U. S. F. S. 



Whitney, Raymond (Yale, '15), 20th Engineers. 



Wieslander, A. E., 20th Engineers (Forest). 



Wiggin, G H. (Univ. of Minn., '13), 20th U. S. 

 Eng., Washington, D. C. 



Wilcox, J. M., Corp. Inf. (Univ. of Wash., '20). 



Wilder, Raymond T., 20th Engineers (For- 

 est), Mass. For. Dept. 



Williams, Hubert C, 1st Lt. 10th Eng. (Forest), 

 (Yale, '08). 



Wilfond, J. E. (Penn. State Col., '14), 10th En- 

 gineers (Forest). 



Wilson, F. G. (Mich. Ag. Col.). 



Wilson, Robert (Univ. of Minn., '18), Capt. Co. 

 F, 1st N. D., Charlotte, N. C. 



Wilson, Stanley F. (Yale For. School, '14), forest 

 ranger, U. S. F. S. 



Wingett, Charles V., 10th Engineers (Forest), 

 (Forest Ranger, U. S. F. S.). 



Winn, Courtland ., Jr., 20th Engineers (Forest), 

 Forest Ranger, U. S. F. S. 



Wirt, William (Univ. of Wash , '18). 



Wise, Lloyd (Ohio State, '17). 



Wisner, ., Corp. 20th Eng. (Forest), (Syra- 

 cuse, '17). 



Withington, George T. (Biltmore), New England 

 Saw Mill Units. 



Wohlenburg, E. F., 2nd Lt., 10th Eng. (Forest), 

 forest examiner, U. S. F S., France. 



Wold, Henry F. Ordnance School, Eugene, Ore- 

 gon, U. S. F. S. 



Wolf, A. L. (Mich. Ag. Col.). 



Wolf, S. L. (Pa. State Col., '12), 1st Lt. 10th 

 Eng. (Forest). 



Wolfe, Kenneth, forest ranger, U. S. F. S. 



Wolfe, Stanley L. (Penn. State, '12), 10th Eng. 

 (Forest), U. S. F. S. 



Woolsey, Theodore S., Jr. (Yale, '02), maj. 10th 

 Eng. (Forest), Am. Exped. Forces, France. 



Woodruff, James A., Lt. Col. 10th Eng. (Forest), 

 France. 



Woods, J. B., 1st Lt. 10th Eng. (Forest). 



Work, Herman, 1st Lt. 10th Eng. (Forest), deputy 

 forest supervisor, U. S. F. S. 



Wulff, Johannes (Yale For. School, '17). 



Wyman, Hiram (Univ. of Minn., '15), 10th U. S. 

 Eng., A. E. F., France. 



Wycoff, Garnett (Ohio State, '13), 10th Engineers. 



YEOMANS, E. J. (Yale For. School, '12), forest 

 ranger, U. S. F. S. 

 Young, L. P., 2nd Lt Inf. (Univ. of Wash., 

 '17.) 

 Young, Douglas E., private English army, killed 

 in France April 10, 1917 (state forest warden, 

 Maryland). 

 Youngs, Lt. Homer S., 16th U. S. Inf., care of 

 Adjutant General, War Dept., Washington, 

 D. C, U. S. F. S. 



ZELLER, R. A., forest assistant, U. S. F. S. 

 Ziegler, Robert H., forest ranger, U. S. F S. 

 Ziegler, F. A., Capt. Coast Art. (Direc. Pa. 

 State For. Acad.). 



and it is to be hoped that the Provincial 

 Government will follow suit. Mr. E. J. 

 Zavitz, Provincial Forester of Ontario, 

 read a very interesting paper, illustrated 

 by moving pictures, about the first year of 

 his work in fire protection. The results 

 are excellent and Ontario is to be highly 

 congratulated on beginning such an im- 

 portant work. All good wishes for its 

 future. 



At a meeting, held on the same day, of 

 the Canadian Society of Forest Engineers, 

 the question of establishing a permanent 

 Forestry Service in the Province of New 

 Brunswick was brought up by Mr. Price, 

 the Forester of that Province. This was 

 thoroughly discussed and a draft of sug- 

 gestions made for legislation to establish 

 this. The most salient points were 

 putting the work on a civil service basis, 



