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"I wish to compliment you, yes, con- 

 gratulate you, on the excellence of your 

 magazine. To be identified with your or- 

 ganization as a member I prize very highly 



indeed." 



A. F. Bloomer. 



"We all enjoyed the December number 

 of American Forestry. The illustrations 

 are very wonderful." 



Mrs. E. F. Rossiter. 



"I believe that the American Forestry 

 magazine is today doing more good to the 

 country than any other." 



Marta Scott Conser. 



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is a treasure." 



Elizabeth K. Folsom. 



"American Forestry is a most valuable 

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Mary Lathrop Tucker. 



"Continued success to the American For- 

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 on the January number of American For- 

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interesting." 



Henry S. Drinker, 



President of Lehigh University. 



"American Forestry is a most valuable 

 and interesting magazine and I recommend 

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Mary Lathrop Tucker, 



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 difficult time with success. I wish for the 

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 new work." 



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TREE PLANTING IN CHINA 



A MERICAN college girls are introducing 

 Arbor Day as an international holiday 

 into China. Reports from Ginling College, 

 Nanking, China, tell of the fourth annual 

 tree-planting by students of the college and 

 the setting out of plum and mulberry trees 

 in honor of the Sisterhood of Women. 

 Ginling College, founded in the ancient 

 Chinese capital, is the third of the Union 

 Colleges now established in China by five 

 of the American missionary boards of the 

 different denominations. 



KILN DRYING TAUGHT BY MAIL 

 '"THE manufacturer who uses lumber as 

 a raw material must give more atten- 

 tion to kiln drying than has hitherto been 

 the common practice, or the resulting ex- 

 cessive waste and dissatisfied trade may 

 cause embarrassment. The time has come 

 when the average dry kiln operator must 

 either improve his methods or give way 

 to a more progressive man who has learned 

 and kept in touch with more modern 

 methods. 



The high cost of lumber and labor, a 

 shortage of thoroughly airdry stock, as 

 well as a general movement for efficiency 

 in production make better methods impera- 

 tive. Losses due to inadequate methods of 

 kiln drying, especially of stock which is 

 not thoroughly air-dry, often run as high 

 as 30 to 50 per cent, and occasionally even 

 100 per cent of the value of the lumber. 

 A high percentage of loss is often taken 

 more or less for granted and its seriousness 

 not considered. Present conditions, how- 

 ever, will force the facts to the attention 

 of the manufacturer. Improper kiln opera- 

 tion means not only a loss of lumber and 

 time, but also poorer goods, fewer orders, 

 less profits, and finally the loss of trade 

 to more alert and up-to-date competitors. 



Kiln drying of wood is not just a job. 

 It is an art based upon exact knowledge. 

 It requires an understanding of certain 

 fundamental principles, and their applica- 

 tion in the daily operation of the kiln. To 

 be efficient the operator must be up-to- 

 date in his methods relative to the best 

 present practices. 



Within recent years the principles un- 

 derlying the successful kiln drying of air- 

 dry and green lumber have been worked 

 out by the United States Forest Products 

 Laboratory, which is maintained in co-op- 

 eration with the University of Wisconsin. 



The Wisconsin University Extension 

 Division has arranged to disseminate some 

 of this information by means of a ten-les- 

 son correspondence-study course. The 

 course is written in simple language, and 

 the text is supplemented with numerous 

 illustrations.. It is open to anyone with 

 a common school education. The lessons 

 do not apply to any particular type of 

 kiln, but rather to the conditions necessary 

 in any kiln in order to bring about good 

 results in the drying of various kinds of 

 lumber. 



The course is conducted by Mr. Arthur 

 Koehler, of the Forest Products Labora- 

 tory, who, on account of his connection 

 with the institution, is in close touch with 

 the latest developments in kiln drying 

 practice. A nominal fee is charged to 

 cover a small per cent of the expense in- 

 volved in rendering this service. For 

 further information address the Extension 

 Division, University of Wisconsin, Madi- 

 son, Wis. 



Department of 

 Forestry 



The Pennsylvania 



State College 



UNDERGRADUATE course in 

 Forestry covering four years 

 of college work leading to the 

 degree of Bachelor of Science in 

 Forestry. 



Thorough and practical training for 

 government, state, and private for- 

 estry. Opportunities for special work 

 in lumbering and wood using indus- 

 tries. 



Students are required to spend six 

 weeks in camp in the woods at the 

 end of Freshman year, eight weeks 

 in a Lumber Camp at the end of 

 Sophomore year, and the last eight 

 weeks of Senior year in the southern 

 forests for practical work. 



Students from other states will be 

 allowed to enter provided there is no 

 four-year forestry course given in 

 their state. 



For further information address, 

 Department of Forestry 



The Pennsylvania State College 



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