LUMBERMEN CONSERVING 

 LUMBER 



f UMBERMEN generally are daily 



performing wonders in the way of 



conserving the present supply to its proper 



I use. by striving to educate all users of 



lumber to purchase and use the particular 



le adapted to their particular purpose. 



The lumberman, such as our company, 



which is using for the so-called novelties, 



only that lumber which is not suited to 



use in more expensive lines of manufacture, 



is a true conservationist." 



This was the viewpoint of W. C. Hull, 

 president of the Oval Wood Dish Company, 

 of Tupper Lake, in an address on Forest 

 Products Day of the Forest Week of the 

 New York State College of Forestry at 

 Syracuse. 



"The most flagrant and openly apparent 

 waste that has come under my observation 

 in recent years is now being committed by 

 the State of New York in permitting its 

 valuable hardwood trees, particularly the 

 beautiful birch, to wither away and die of 

 old age. without having performed their 

 duty to humanity. They are dying literally 

 by thousands, and instead of serving any 

 useful purpose, they become a menace to 

 the balance of the timber. The price of one 

 birch tree removed and converted into use- 

 ful commodities would suffice to replant 

 one thousand seedlings on some barren 

 lands belonging to the State. Shall preju- 

 dice of city dwellers who make the forests 

 their playground, and their refusal to post 

 themselves as to the true situation forever 

 cause this waste to continue?" 



In discussing the use of wood for novel- 

 ties. Mr. Hull said that the annual con- 

 sumption of wooden dishes is about one 

 billion, and of paper dishes, made from 

 wood products is about two billion. The 

 wooden dish industry uses from seventeen 

 to twenty million feet of lumber a year. He 

 said there has been no improvement in the 

 making of clothes pins for forty years. The 

 annual consumption is nearly 2.000,000. 

 boxes, requiring 20.000.000 feet of lumber. 



PROTECTING WOODLANDS FROM 

 INJURY 



'THAT young growth in the woods, known 

 popularly as "brush," is something to 

 be rid of, is a prevalent but mistaken con- 

 ception, since, as forestry specialists of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture 

 point out, a forest can not maintain itself 

 long without reproduction. For the sake 

 of getting a scattering of green grass in 

 the spring, it is the short-sighted practice 

 in hundreds of localities to fire the woods 

 regularly. This results in killing thousands 

 of small trees needed to continue the forest 

 in the future and also injures a large 

 amount of marketable timber. Further- 

 more, such burning destroys a large amount 

 of rich vegetable fertilizer. 



Tattle and hogs in hardwood stands and 

 hogs in long-leaf pines keep the forest from 

 being restocked Damage from insects 



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can be reduced by cutting timber at the 

 proper time of year and by utilizing light- 

 ning-killed trees without delay, since they 

 harbor destructive pests. Cattle destroy 

 the productive leaf mulch which keeps the 

 trees growing during long, dry spells. All 

 large openings where light comes through 

 into the forest should be filled with younger 

 trees. Fully stocked woods contain little 

 or no grass, but afford full shade, which 

 prevents the soil drying out and keeps the 

 trees growing. 



DYNAMITE THE SOIL REJUVE- 

 NATOR 

 W A LANDSCAPE engineer has a great 

 many queer problems presented to 

 him by the owners of country estates," says 

 Norman Suplee. "One put up to me a 

 short time ago would have stumped me 

 completely had I not been familiar with 

 the use of dynamite. 



"There were about five acres of land in 

 the tract. In order to save the time that 

 it would have taken to mow the grass, it 

 had been burned off for a good many years, 

 the result being that the humus in the top- 

 soil had been almost completely destroyed. 

 The drainage on the tract was also poor 

 and the soil had become sour. The grass 

 grew all over it in big clumps such as 

 may be seen in swamp land. The new 

 owner wanted a smooth lawn. I saw 

 at once that the drainage would have to 

 be corrected and that a way must be found 

 to supply new plantfood for the suste- 

 nance of the surface growth. 



"I first went over the entire tract and 

 put down iJ/2-inch bore holes 18 inches 

 deep and about 9 or 10 feet apart. A 

 third of a stick of dynamite was tamped 

 into each hole and fired. Then around 

 the trees, bore holes were put down to a 

 depth of 3 or 4 feet and about 10 feet 

 apart out at the edge of the foliage line and 

 similar charges exploded in these. I then 

 blasted a number of small ditches which 

 emptied into the little stream flowing at 

 the base of the property. 



"A year later an examination of the tract 

 showed that no more deadwood had de- 

 veloped on the trees. The grass had ceased 

 to grow in clumps, had lost its yellowish 

 cast and had become a smooth deep green. 

 Many of the old trees had put on as much 

 as eight inches of new growth at the end 

 of the branches and some old grapevines 

 which had been injured by the burning of 

 the grass yielded a crop for the first time 

 in marry years. The vegetable garden 

 which had refused to grow anything pre- 

 viously, after being aerated by the blast- 

 ing, had netted the owner $200 profit. The 

 garden consisted of an acre and a half of 

 ground. If landscape engineers would 

 study the problem, they would find many 

 ways of using dynamite to great advan- 

 tage." 



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FORESTERS ATTENTION 



AMERICAN FORESTRY will gladly print tree 

 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 lines. Can furnish the best of reference 

 Address Box 600, Care American Forestry 

 Magazine, Washington, D. C. 



YOUNG MAN recently discharged from the U. 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. 



RECENTLY discharged from U. 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. 



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. 



POSITIONS OPEN 



MAN WANTED with technical training and 

 practical experience sufficient to make him 

 thoroughly competent as a developer of Park 

 plans, and also Park Superintendent both in 

 road construction, planting and landscape work 

 and Director of Forestry Service upon the 

 public streets and parks of the 'city. Address 

 Box 910, American Forestry Magazine, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. (6-9-20) 



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. 



