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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



per cent more than half is still occupied by the Germans. 

 " 'The supposition that the destruction of forests was 

 widespread,' says Senator Meline. 'arises from the pro- 

 found impression that is produced by certain battlefields 

 where the trees have been razed to the ground. When 

 these regions are compared with the total of three and a 

 half million acres of wooded land in the zone of opera- 

 tions the damage becomes less disquieting.' " 



THE GINSENG DISEASE 



THE disease known as mildew, Japanese mildew, or 

 soft rot, which attacks ginseng plants, is found 

 in every one of the fifteen States in which ginseng 

 is grown, according to a bulletin just published by the 

 plant pathologists of the New York State College of 

 Agriculture, who suggest six methods for controlling and 

 preventing the disease. One method, they state, is to 

 spray the plants with a fungicide early in the spring, 

 just as they are pushing out of the soil. They suggest 

 Bordeaux mixture, 3-3-50, to which has been added 2 

 pounds of arsenate of lead for every 50 gallons of the 

 mixture. The spraying should be continued until all 

 the plants have appeared, and special care should be taken 

 to thoroughly reach all parts of the new growth with the 

 mixture. Other supplemental methods that are offered 

 for controlling the disease include the removal of dis- 

 eased plants or parts of plants, deep planting, rotation, 

 sterilization of soil, and drainage to remove any accumu- 

 lation of moisture, since excessive moisture favors vege- 

 table rots. 



STUDENTS TO PLANT TREES 



THE Extension Department of the State College of 

 Forestry at Syracuse University has been called 

 upon to supervise the Arbor or Forest Day plant- 

 ing of two schools in the State, and will arrange for sev- 

 eral others in the near future. The high school at Ellen- 

 ville plans to set out several thousand pine and spruce 

 trees on a portion of the city watershed, and the children 

 of Pike Seminary, in Wyoming County, will plant a 

 thousand trees on the waste land of a near-by farm. 

 Last year eleven different schools planted from one to 

 five thousand trees each under the supervision of the 

 foresters from Syracuse. 



A NEW CORRESPONDENCE COURSE 



THE Extension Department of the State College 

 of Washington, at Pullman, Washington, through 

 the Department of Forestry, announces a corre- 

 spondence-study course in "Lumber and Its Uses." The 

 course has been prepared by one of the best authorities 

 on the subject in this country, and is so designed as to be 

 "f special value to lumber dealers, contractors, carpenters 

 and others connected with the wood-working industries. 

 The price of the course is $5.00, which covers the cost of 

 the textbook and all other reference material. It also 

 includes the correction and return of answers to ques- 

 ts sent in by the students. 



7,000,000 SEEDLINGS READY 



DURING the month of January the Pennsylvania 

 Department of Forestry completed taking inven- 

 tories of the seedlings in its twenty-four nurse- 

 ries. A growing stock of about 13,000,000 seedlings is 

 reported, 7,000,000 of which will be available for spring 

 planting. 



An act passed at the last session of the Legislature 

 gives the Forestry Commission permission to distribute 

 free of charge within the State seedlings on hand in 

 excess of the number which can be planted on the State 

 Forests. At its last meeting the Commission voted to 

 set aside 1,500,000 seedlings for free distribution in lots 

 of 500 or more. These seedlings are to be used only for 

 reforesting, and those to whom they are given must pay 

 the cost of crating and shipping. 



Requests have been received already for more seed- 

 lings than are available, and the department will be un- 

 able to meet the demand. 



Of the seedlings which can be planted this spring, 

 4,750,000 are two-year white pine, 500,000 two-year pitch 

 pine, 800,000 two-year Scotch pine, 100,000 one-year 

 sugar maple, 800,000 two-year Norway spruce, and 

 75,0000 one-year honey locust. In addition to these, 

 there are available several thousand of each of several 

 species not commonly used for reforesting in Pennsyl- 

 vania, such as Japanese larch, Douglas fir, red pine, 

 cucumber, and American elm. 



"IF" 

 By Harris A. Reynolds. 



If you can toss a match into a clearing, 

 And never give a thought to put it out, 

 Or drop your cigarette butt without fearing 

 That flames may kindle in the leaves about, 



If you can knock the ashes from your brier, 

 Without a glance to see where they may fall, 

 And later find the forest all afire, 

 Where you have passed with no one near to call, 



If you can drive your auto through the working, 

 And cast your stogie stub into the slash, 



Unmindful of the danger therein lurking, 

 Or homes and happiness that you may smash, 



If you can leave your camp fire while 'tis glowing, 

 No thought of industries that it may blight, 

 Or of the billion saplings in the growing, 

 Turned into charcoal e'er the coming night, 



If you can start a fire beneath a brush-pile, 

 When the wind is roaring like a distant gun, 

 You surely should be shot without a trial, 

 And which is more, you'll be a fool, my son. 



