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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT 

 "AMERICAN FORESTRY" 



"I wish to say the American Forestry 

 has improved in every department during 

 the last year and your plan of taking up 

 each species separately in both hard and 

 soft woods is the right idea." 



R. J. Colvin, 

 President, Colvin-Fleming Lumber Co., 

 12 Norway Park, Buffalo, N. Y. 



"Permit me to commend the monthly 

 publication of the Association. It appears 

 to me to be in every respect admirable. 

 I regard it as an especial privilege to be 

 associated even to a limited extent with the 

 enterprising young men who are responsible 

 for this publication. I wish to congratu- 

 late you especially for the energetic and 

 effective part you have taken in this enter- 

 prise." R. S. Woodward, 

 President, Carnegie Institution of 

 Washington, Washington, D. C. 



"I like the new magazine so well that 

 it is a pleasure to recommend it to my 

 friends, which I am doing strongly, with 

 what success I cannot say. Will be glad 

 if my efforts gain one member. A mem- 

 ber gotten now will always stick, for the 

 incentive is surely great." 



W. W. Goodyear, 

 Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 



"I have always been especially pleased 

 with your aggressiveness as typified in the 

 new and splendid improvements in your 

 magazine. It is expressive of all that you 

 stand for in the great work of forestry in 

 our country." Jacob M. Hoffman, 



Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 



"I take pleasure in writing of my appre- 

 ciation of the American Forestry Maga- 

 zine." Miss C. T. Lawrence, 

 Stockbridge, Mass. 



"Permit me to congratulate you on the 

 improved appearance of American For- 

 estry." E. F. Sandberg, 

 Chicago, Illinois. 



"Permit me to congratulate you upon the 

 great improvement in the appearance and 

 contents of American Forestry. The 

 magazine has now become thoroughly worth 

 while and the credit for this belongs to 

 you." Prof. A. B. Recknacel, 



Ithaca, N. Y. 



"I prize the magazine highly." 



Nicholas E. Crosby, 

 Pine Hill, Ulster Co., N. Y. 



"We commend and wonder at the far- 

 reaching and teaching improvements of 

 your work." 



George A. Goddard, 

 Boston, Mass. 



"The change of plan and scope of pur- 

 pose of the American Forestry Maga- 

 zine is manifesting itself. You are getting 

 out splendid issues. A long reach to your 

 arm and success to your efforts!" 



Carl Bannwart, 

 Secretary, Shade Tree Commission, 

 Newark, N. J. 



"We think American Forestry exceed- 

 ingly interesting. It is read eagerly each 

 month by a large family and we interest 

 all we can to become members." 



Mrs. M. Leitch, 

 Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



"Your magazine, in my opinion, is very 

 attractive and interesting. The articles 

 are well written and the illustrations beau- 

 tiful." 



Miss Alice M. Long, 

 573 Considine Avenue, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. 



"I would like to add my small word of 

 approval and congratulations for the very 

 marked improvement of the last few num- 

 bers of the American Forestry, especially 

 of the photographs." 



Joshua A. Cope, 

 Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. 



"I think the magazine is something of 

 which we can justly be proud and we all 

 ought to do our part toward improvement." 

 H. L. Churchill, 

 Forester, Glenn Falls, N. Y. 



"The magazine has been much improved 

 lately; it is fine." 



Emanuel Fritz, 

 Federal Building, 

 Missoula, Montana. 



"The magazine is certainly fine." 



R. E. Benedict, 

 Victoria, B. C. 



"The last number of the magazine is 

 most exceptional and full of very interesting 

 items. Items being shorter, newsy and of 

 more variety." 



Charles N. Dietz, 

 Denver, Colorado. 



"I find the magazine very interesting and 

 instructive, from both the technical and 

 lay point of view. To my mind it has been 

 steadily improving, month by month." 

 Mrs. F. II. Millen, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. 



"American Forestry is coming to the 

 front and should have the support of all 

 forestry people. The pictures are fine." 

 R. C. Huey, 

 Hot Springs, Arkansas. 



Canadian 



Department 



By Ellwood Wilsox 



Secretary, Canadian Society of Forest 



Engineers 



The main features of January were the 

 meetings in Ottawa of The Commission 

 of Conservation, The Canadian Forestry 

 Association, The Canadian Society of For- 

 est Engineers and the Canadian Lumber- 

 men's Association. The Dominion Con- 

 servation Commission, besides papers on 

 other different aspects of conservation, had 

 three papers on Forestry, the report of its 

 forester, Mr. Clyde Leavitt; one by Dr. 

 Fernow on "Silvicultural Problems of For- 

 est Reserves"; one by the director of Do- 

 minion Parks, on "Forest Fire Protection 

 in Dominion Parks," and one on "Fire Pro- 

 tection from the Standpoint of the Private 

 Timber Holder." 



The meeting of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association was a very interesting one; a 

 most interesting paper, illustrated by 

 slides, was read by W. R. Brown, of Berlin, 

 N. H., on the woods operations of his 

 company and on the by-products manufac- 

 tured by them from waste materials. Prob- 

 ably the most interesting product is 

 "Kream," a substitute for lard in cook- 

 ing, which is purer, more wholesome and 

 more economical. He said he had nine 

 chemists constantly at work trying to dis- 

 cover new uses for materials now wasted 

 at their plants. This firm is a pioneer 

 in the new efficiency methods and in scien- 

 tific management of the highest type. 



Mr. S. L. de Carteret, president of the 

 St. Maurice Forest Protective Association, 

 gave an interesting talk on the work of 

 that institution, and Mr. E. J. Zavitz, for- 

 ester for the Province of Ontario, read 

 a paper on his work of reforesting drifting 

 sands, waste lands and the distribution of 

 trees to farmers and also spoke of his 

 work in combating tree diseases. 



The meeting of the Canadian Society of 

 Forest Engineers was the largest ever held. 

 It began with a "get-together" dinner, 

 after which the business meeting was held, 

 a new type of tree caliper, the invention of 

 one of the members, was shown, and then 

 a general discussion took place on the 

 methods best adapted to the handling of 

 the new forest survey of New Brunswick, 

 about to be begun under the direction of 

 Mr. P. Z. Caverhill, a member of the 

 society. Among the guests of the evening 

 were Dr. Bates and two members of his 

 staff from the Dominion Forest Products 

 Laboratory in Montreal. Mr. Gutches, 

 director of the New York State Ranger 

 School, was also among the members 

 present. 



