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BOUQUETS B a 



"You are to be congratulated on keeping 

 the magazine up to the high level of excel- 

 lence it has always maintained under your 

 direction." 



Prof. John Bentley, Jr. 



"American Forestry should be supported 

 by everyone interested in perpetuating our 

 forests. There is no more valuable purpose 

 than the one of conservation of trees, and 

 this great work should interest everyone 

 connected with our public schools." 



George W. Frick, 

 Superintendent of Schools, Alameda 

 County, California. 



"I have derived a very great benefit from 

 American Forestry and I am in sympathy 

 with your ideals and wish you every suc- 

 cess." 



C. Arthur Beach. 



"I read the American Forestry magazine 

 and I am very much pleased and delighted 

 with it. I think it is fine and hope you 

 will continue your fine publication." 



Harold Doane. 



"American Forestry is certainly very in- 

 teresting and I am using it not only for 

 my own information but also in my Boy 

 Scout work." 



Henry O. Tilton. 



"Your magazine is getting better and 

 better all the time, and really it is one of 

 the most interesting and valuable monthlies 

 that I know of." 



Horace M. Albright, 

 Superintendent, Yellowstone National 

 Park. 



PECANS REPLACE CHESTNUTS 



TjUXDREDS of thousands of chestnut 

 - 1 - 1 trees in the Eastern States have been 

 killed by blight in recent years and the 

 American production of nuts is showing a 

 tremendous reduction. In one recent year 

 the importation of foreign nuts into the 

 United States passed the $20,000,000 mark, 

 and the influx is likely to continue until 

 domestic production is heavily increased. 

 The so-called English walnut of California 

 is in increasing supply, and walnut groves 

 in that State are yielding splendid returns. 

 A nut that is in great favor just now is the 

 thin-hulled or paper-shelled pecan, grown 

 in many places in the Lower South and 

 showing its highest development in South 

 Georgia. The paper-shell pecan is of com- 

 paratively recent importance in the mar- 

 ket, but returns of $400,000 for the South 

 rgia crop of 1919 indicate rapid increase 

 in production, although there are hundreds 

 of acres in trees too young to bear a crop. 



E. A. SHERMAN PROMOTED 

 "P DWARD A. Sherman, of Utah, has been 

 selected to succeed Albert F. Potter 

 as associate forester of the Forest Service. 

 Mr. Sherman has been assistant forester in 

 charge of the branch of lands in the Forest 

 Service since 1915. In 1903, he was ap- 

 pointed supervisor of the Bitterroot Forest 

 Reserve in Montana, as an officer of the 

 Department of the Interior, which was 

 then in charge of the Federal Reserves. 



He entered the Forest Service through 

 the transfer of administration of the forests 

 to the Department of Agriculture, in 1905. 

 In 1907, he was promoted to forest in- 

 spector, and shortly afterwards was made 

 chief inspector of the national forests in 

 Montana and northern Idaho. 



In 1910, after having served in California 

 for something over a year as supervisor 

 of the Sequoia National Forest, he was ap- 

 pointed district forester in charge of the 

 national forests of Utah, Nevada, and 

 southern Idaho. In this district, use of the 

 National Forests for livestock grazing con- 

 stitutes the leading activity. For this rea- 

 son the selection of Mr. Sherman to suc- 

 ceed Mr. Potter, an old livestock man, is 

 regarded as evidence that grazing mat- 

 ters will be looked after by one thoroughly 

 familiar with the question. 



PLANTING OF MEMORIAL TREES 



TN keeping with the movement of the 

 movement of the American Forestry 

 Association for the planting of trees 

 in memory of fallen heroes of the Great 

 World War, members of Company C, 104th 

 Engineers, are planning a memorial plant- 

 ing in Stacy Park, Trenton, New Jersey. 

 A tablet is to be erected in the center of 

 a cluster of six oak trees, to be planted 

 to mark the memory of the six Trenton 

 members of the organization who were 

 killed in action. Another planting of 180 

 oak trees along the Lincoln Highway is 

 also arranged for, to perpetuate the mem- 

 ory of the 180 soldiers ' of Trenton and 

 Mercer County, who died in the war. The 

 suggestion of the association has met with 

 favor in other parts of the State, and the 

 number of memorial trees will be greatly 

 increased this Spring. 



FORESTERS' NEW WORK 



THE manner in which the technical for- 

 ester is invading the field of the manu- 

 facturing lumberman and the wood-using 

 industries in general is shown by the resig- 

 nation of Georee H. Cless. Jr., from the 

 faculty of the New York State College of 

 Forestry at Syracuse, to become assistant 

 to the president of the D. H. Gowing Ve- 

 neer Company, of Portsmouth. Virginia. 

 Oddly enough, he will find in Virginia a 

 former fellow-student at Syracuse. E. H. 

 Vail, who, like Cless. was in the armv over- 

 seas, and who upon his return established a 

 mill operation in the South. Mr. Cless is 

 known to the entire lumber industry of the 

 country for his work for the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association at Chi- 

 cago before the war, when he established 

 the central Chicago lumber exhibit in the 

 Chicago building show. 



FORESTERS ATTENTION 



AMERICAN FORESTRY will gladly print free 

 of charge in this column advertisements of for- 

 esters, lumbermen and woodsmen, discharged or 

 about to be discharged from military service, who 

 want positions, or of persons having employment 

 to offer such foresters, lumbermen or woodsmen. 



POSITION wanted by technically trained For- 

 ester. Have had fourteen years experience 

 along forestry lines, over five years on the 

 National Forests in timber sale, silvicultural 

 and administrative work; three years experi- 

 ence in city forestry, tree surgery and landscape 

 work. Forester for the North Shore Park Dis- 

 trict of Chicago. City forestry and landscape 

 work preferred, but will be glad to consider 

 other fines. Can furnish the best of reference. 

 Address Box 600, Care American Forestry 

 Magazine, Washington, D. C. (1-3) 



YOUNG MAN recently discharged from the TJ. S. 

 Navy, wants employment with wholesale lum- 

 ber manufacturer; college graduate; five year's 

 experience in nursery business; can furnish 

 best of references. Address Box 675, Care 

 American Forestry Magazine, Washington. 

 D. C. (1-3) 



RECENTLY discharged from TJ. S. Army, young 

 man wants position with a firm who has use for 

 a lumber tallyman and inspector. Has a good 

 education, 11 years' practical experience in lum- 

 ber* and can furnish good references. Address 

 Box 880, care of American Forestry Magazine, 

 Washington, D. C. (3-5-20) 



ARBORICULTURIST is open to an engagement 

 to take charge of, or as assistant in City For- 

 estry work. Experience and training, ten years, 

 covering the entire arboricultural field from 

 planting to expert tree surgery including nur- 

 sery practice, and supervision in the care and 

 detailed management of city shade trees. For 

 further information, address Box 700, care of 

 American Forestry. 



WANTED Position as Forester and Land Agent. 

 Technically trained forester, 35 years old. 

 Practical experience along all lines included 

 under the duties of the above positions. For- 

 mer Captain, Field Artillery. Address Box 840, 

 care American Forestry, Washington, D. C. 



WANTED Position with Lumber Company or 

 Private Concern by technically trained Forester 

 with five years practical experience. Box 820, 

 care American Forestry. 



A FORESTRY graduate with several years ex- 

 perience in forest work and at present em- 

 ployed along technical and administrative 

 lines desires responsible position with private 

 concern operating in and outside the United 

 States. Address Box 870, care of American 

 Forestry Magazine, Washington, D. C. 



DISCHARGED SAILOR would like position as 

 assistant forester or a permanent position as 

 surveyor with some lumber company with a 

 chance for advancement. Salary is of secondary 

 consideration. Married, so would have to 

 locate in some small town. Have had four 

 years' practical experience in general forestry, 

 and some tree surgery. Address Box 900, care 

 of AMERICAN FORESTRY MAGAZINE, 

 Washington, D. C. (4-7) 



POSITIONS OPEN 



WANTED Working Assistant Forester for local 



Forestry Department in connection with forestry 

 work in parks, nursery and landscape planting. 

 Good opportunity for ambitious young man not 

 afraid of work. State qualifications, salary ex- 

 pected and references. Address Box 890, care of 

 American Forestry. (3-6-20) 



WANTED Man capable of Supervising Slack 

 and Tight Barrel Plant; Purchase and Inspect 

 Cooperage Stocks; Develop Boxes, Crates and 

 other Packages for miscellaneous articles. State 

 experience, salary wanted and references in first 

 letter. Address Box 123, care of AMERICAN 

 FORESTRY MAGAZINE, Washington, D. C. 



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