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including under the Forester all charge 

 of Government scaling, fire protection and 

 game protection. New Brunswick is to 

 be congratulated on her progressive action 

 and on joining the ranks of the army for 

 proper protection and conservation of her 

 forests. 



An interesting and instructive meeting 

 was held at Fredericton, N. B., when the 

 field staff of the New Brunswick Govern- 

 ment Forest Service was addressed by 

 Prof. R. B. Miller, Dean of the School of 

 Forestry, and G. C. Cunningham, in charge 

 of the Dominion Government Plant Path- 

 ological laboratory, on the White Pine 

 Blister Rust, and by J. H. Tothill, in 

 charge of the Dominion Government 

 Entomological laboratory on the Spruce 

 Bud Moth. Among those present were 

 Col. T. G. Loggie, Deputy Minister of 

 Lands and Mines, A. T. Murchie, Super- 

 intendent of Scalers for New Brunswick, 

 and W. E. McMullen, of the Crown Land 

 Department. The opinion expressed by 

 those present was that no White Pine 

 Blister Rust has yet been discovered in 

 New Brunswick. Arrangements were 

 made whereby the Forest Service will do 

 scouting this winter under the direction 

 of Mr. Cunningham. 



In regard to the Spruce Bud Moth, Mr. 

 Tothill states, as a result of his studies of 

 representative areas for the past five years 

 in New Brunswick, that he is of the opin- 

 ion that the present outbreak is now on 

 the decline. The staff of the Forest 

 Service will also collect data in this re- 

 gard during the winter. 



The following shows the present status 

 of the forestry profession and educa- 

 tional institutions in Canada in regard to 

 enlistments in the army. The showing is 

 remarkable and it is doubtful if any other 

 profession can equal this record : 



(17 killed 3 graduates and 14 students.; 



The first week in February will be ol 

 much interest to foresters in Canada. 

 Meetings scheduled for it are : The Ca- 

 nadian Forestry Association; The Canadi- 

 an Society of Forest Engineers ; The 

 Quebec Co-operative Fire Protective As- 

 sociations ; The Woodlands and Techni- 

 cal Sections of the Canadian Pulp and 

 Paper Association and The Canadian 



Lumbermen's Association. Matters of 

 general interest will be discussed, slash 

 disposal, right-of-way clearing, fire pro- 

 tection, hardwood utilization and refores- 

 tation. All American foresters are cordi- 

 ally invited to be present at these meet 

 ings, which will all be held in Montreal. 



Mr Volkmar, the Forester for the Rior- 

 dan Paper Company and the Ticonderoga 

 Paper Company, is arranging to plant 

 Carolina poplar in the neighborhood of 

 Ticonderoga to supply the mill with raw 

 material for use with the soda process. 

 This company planted 200,000 spruce last 

 year and expects to plant even more large- 

 ly this coming spring. 



Several American firms who own lands 

 in Quebec have refused to join the co- 

 operative fire protective associations. This 

 makes the cost of patrol higher for the 

 members and exposes them to danger from 

 these unprotected lands. The Quebec 

 Government does not look with favor on 

 such a policy and such firms might be 

 warned to be more public spirited and 

 less selfish for their own good. 



CURRENT LITERATURE 



MONTHLY LIST .FOR DECEMBER, 1917 



(Books and periodicals indexed in the li- 

 brary of the United States Forest Ser- 

 vice.) 



FORESTRY AS A WHOLE. 

 Proceedings and reports of associations, forest 



officers, etc. 

 India Bengal Forest dept. Annual prog- 

 ress report on forest administration for 

 the year 1915-16. 54 p. Calcutta, 1916 

 Kentucky State board of forestry. Third 

 biennial report of the state forester of 

 Kentucky, 1916-17. 39p.pl. Frankfort, 

 1917. 

 United States Dept. of agriculture Forest 

 service. Report of the forester, 1916-17. 

 36 p. Wash., D. C, 1917. 



FOREST AESTHETICS. 

 Dallas, Tex. Forestry dept. The ordering 



and planting of shade trees. 4 p. Dal- 

 las, 1917. (Bulletin No. 1.) 

 Sargent, Charles Sprague. The trees at 

 Mount Vernon. 16 p. pi. Cambridge, 

 Mass., 1917. 



FOREST EDUCATION. 



Montana, University of School of forestry. 

 Ninth annual short course for forest 

 rangers, Jan. 2 to March 23, 1918. 6 p. 

 il. Missoula, Mont., 1917. 



FOREST DESCRIPTION. 



Chevalier, Jean Baptiste Auguste. La foret 

 et les bois du Gabon. 468 p. il., pi. 

 Paris, 1916. (Les vegetaux utiles de 

 l'Afrique tropicale francaise, fasc. 9.) 



Oregon State board of forestry. Oregon 

 forest facts ; brief review of Oregon's 

 timber resources and what the state 

 and private activity in forest protection 

 has accomplished. 8 p. Salem, Oreg., 

 1917. 



Laurent, Louis. Une promenade dans la 

 regian forestiere des Cvennes. 8 p. 

 Marseille, 1910. 



FOREST BOTANY. 

 Rock, Joseph F. The ohia lehua trees of 

 Hawaii. 76 p. il. Honolulu, 1917. (Ha- 

 waii Board of agriculture and for- 

 estry Division of forestry. Botanical 

 bulletin No. 4.) 



FOREST PROTECTION. 

 Insects 



Matheson, Robert. The poplar and willow 

 borer. 29 p. il., pi. Ithaca, N. Y., 1917. 

 (Cornell university Agricultural ex- 

 periment station. Bulletin 388). 



Wade, Otis. The sycamore lace-bug, Cory- 

 thuca ciliata. 16 p. il. Stillwater, Okla., 

 1917. (Oklahoma Agricultural experi- 

 ment station. Bulletin No. 116.) 

 FOREST MANAGEMENT. 



Maryland State board of forestry. Plan 

 of co-operation between woodland own- 

 ers and the state forester. 2 p. Balti- 

 more, Md., 1917. (Forestry leaflet No. 

 18.) 



FOREST ECONOMICS. 

 Forest policy 



Black, Robson. The case for New Bruns- 

 wick's forests. 9 p. pi. Ottawa, Cana- 

 dian forestry association, 1917. 



Recknagel, A. B. Make state forests pro- 

 ductive. 8 p. il. n. p., 1917. 

 FOREST UTILIZATION. 



Lumber Industry 



Kerr, Robert Y. Retail lumber sheds and 

 sales equipment. 164 p. il. Chicago, 

 American lumberman, 1917. 



Wood-using industries 



Clark, Frederick C. American and foreign 

 paper trade periodicals ; a list of 

 American subscribers maintaining per- 

 manent files. 16 p. N. Y., 1917. 



Rabild, Helmer and Parks, K. E. Home- 

 made silos. 55 p. il. Wash., D. C, 

 1917. (U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 

 Farmers' bulletin 855.) 



Smith, Franklin H. and Helphenstein, R. K, 

 Jr., Pulpwood consumption and wood 

 pulp production, 1916. 30 p. diagrs., ta- 

 bles. Wash., D. C, Darby printing co , 

 1917. 



WOOD TECHNOLOGY. 



Snow, Charles Henry. Wood and other or- 

 ganic structural materials. 478 p. il., 

 pi. N. Y., McGraw-Hill book co., inc., 

 1917. 



WOOD PRESERVATION. 



Tiemann, Harry Donald. The kiln drying 

 of lumber; a practical and theoretical 

 treatise. 316 p. il., pi., diagr. Phila. 

 & London, J. B. Lippincott Co., 1917. 

 AUXILIARY SUBJECTS. 



Science in general 



Fleming, A. P. M. Industrial research in 

 the United States of America. 60 p. pi. 

 London, 1917. (Great Britain Dept. of 

 scientific and industrial research. Sci- 

 ence and industry, paper No. 1.) 



Society for American fellowships in French 

 universities. Science and learning in 

 France, with a survey of opportunities 

 for American students in French uni- 

 versities; an appreciation by American 

 scholars. 454 p. pi. Chicago, 111., 1917. 



Grazing 



Jardine, James T. & Hurtt, L. C. In- 

 creased cattle production on southwest- 

 ern ranges. 32 p. pi., maps. Wash., 



