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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



DISSTON-SAWS 



with the policy outlined by Colonel Henry 

 S. Graves. Three definite and "necessary 

 steps are proposed : 



1. Appropriation of sufficient funds for 

 the prevention and suppression of fires. 



2. The acquirement by purchase of 

 watersheds immediately necessary for the 

 conservation of water for domestic and ir- 

 rigation purposes. 



3. The acquirement by purchase of log- 

 ged-off areas, both in the redwoods and 

 pine forests, as a nucleus of state forests 

 to supply timber for future needs. 



The amount of money to be asked for 

 has not been definitely decided. It is be- 

 lieved, however, that at least $150,000 will 

 be necessary to install a fire protection 

 and suppression system. It is still a ques- 

 tion whether the other two propositions will 

 be financed by direct appropriation or by 

 bond issue. 



The California State Board of Forestry 

 is also cooperating with the United States 

 Forest Service in urging upon the War 

 Department the wisdom of Colonel H. H. 

 Arnold's recommendations concerning air- 

 plane patrol of the Forests of the North- 

 west. Colonel Arnold's recommendations 

 are the result of airplane patrol of the 

 forests of California and Oregon during 

 1919. 



More than half of the standing merchant- 

 able timber of the United States will, if 

 Colonel Arnold's recommendations are ap- 

 proved, be placed under the watchful eyes 



of airmen. Eighty million acres of these 

 forests are government owned and repre- 

 sent eighty per cent of the government 

 owned forests in the United States not in- 

 cluding those in Alaska. It has been point- 

 ed out that the War Department now has 

 the equipment and men and must keep its 

 personnel in training. 



Airplane patrols in California and Ore- 

 gon during 1919 demonstrated to a great 

 degree the value of the airplane in discov- 

 ering incipient forest fires in remote dis- 

 tricts. Besides watching over millions of 

 acres of government owned forests the 

 birdmen at the same time see millions of 

 acres of private and state lands and aid 

 in protecting the lives and homes of set- 

 tlers. It is proposed to use five squadrons 

 of 18 airplanes each in patroling the for- 

 ests of California, Oregon, Washington, 

 Montana, Idaho and Western Wyoming 

 during 1920. 



ILLINOIS 



TJ B. MILLER, State Forester, read a 

 paper before the State Horticultu- 

 rists meeting at Bloomington, Illinois, on 

 December 17, on the "Forestry Situation 

 in Illinois." In February he will be on 

 the program of the Farmer's Institute, at 

 Carbondale, Illinois, the subject relating to 

 farm woodlands. 



Considerable stimulation was given to 

 the cutting of cordwood in Illinois during 



the recent coal strike and many of the 

 smaller towns fell back on the local supply 

 of wood, thus saving coal for the cities. 

 During this time press bulletins were sent 

 out to the papers urging the use of wood 

 for fuel. On the Cook County Forest 

 Preserves, near Chicago, according to Mr. 

 Kennicott, forester, from fifteen to twenty 

 cords of wood were cut daily, this being 

 from dead trees or trees killed by lighting. 

 There will be several good opportunities 

 for reaching farmers at the University of 

 Illinois during January and February to 

 arouse interest in farm woodlands. Among 

 the meetings will be the Farmers' and 

 Stockmen's Convention at the University 

 of Illinois, and a meeting of all the 

 country advisers in the State scheduled 

 for some time in February. An effort 

 will be made to make special farm wood- 

 land exhibits, these being secured from the 

 Forest Service, for both of these events, 

 as well as distributing bulletins relating to 

 farm forestry. 



??TN 1872, the late Joseph Field who lives 

 nine miles northwest of White Hall, 

 and owned a large tract of land along the 

 main highway between White Hall and 

 Patterson began the planting of soft maples 

 along both sides of this highway through 

 his farm, a distance of a little more than 

 two miles, and the planting was completed 

 in the following year," writes R. B. Pearce 

 to American Forestry. "The trees were 



