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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



height of from 40 to 60 feet they must be 

 crowded when young and must therefore 

 be planted about six feet apart, using 1,200 

 per acre. When about 80 years old they 

 will have an average diameter of about 14 

 inches five feet from the ground. After 

 that age the pine grows too slowly to earn 

 good interest and is therefore cut in a 

 normal forest. 



"A normal forest is one from which 

 enough timber can be removed every year 

 for interest on the capital it represents, 

 without impairing the capital. Nature will 

 maintain it considerably by natural growth, 

 but the areas not so restocked must be re- 

 planted. Before the great war, the Ger- 

 man states planted annually, in the aggre- 

 gate, 100,000 acres to maintain their state 

 forests in normal condition." 



TREES FROM SOUTH AMERICA 

 /~\WING to the unprecedented levels to 

 which prices of railroad cross-ties have 

 risen in this country, the Pennsylvania 

 Railroad has decided to investigate the 

 adaptability of the hard woods of Central 

 and South America for this purpose. In- 

 quiries have been started along several 

 lines, not only to ascertain how much more 

 cheaply ties, or the material for ties, can 

 be purchased in those countries, but also 

 to investigate the question of the longer 

 life of ties made from the Southern hard- 

 woods, as compared with those made from 

 the North American native woods here- 

 tofore chiefly used. Under normal condi- 

 tions, the Pennsylvania Railroad System 

 uses from five million to six million cross- 

 ties annually. White oak, the most de- 

 sirable North American wood for this pur- 

 pose, is becoming rapidly scarcer. The 

 other available woods in this country have 

 a very short life as ties, unless creosoted, 

 which adds to their cost. The average net 

 cost of railroad ties ready for placing in 

 the roadbed has risen fully 100 per cent 

 since the beginning of the war. Existing 

 conditions now compel the railroad to seek 

 out other markets for the purchase of its 

 supply. 



No. 35 



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PLEASANT THINGS 



TAKEN FROM LETTERS 



TO THE EDITOR 



"We take this opportunity to congratulate 

 you upon your October issue of American 

 Forestry, which has just been received, 

 and we wish you abundant success." 



Glen Bros. Nurseries. 



"I am with the Association with all my 

 heart, and always was." 



H. E. Schmid. 



"Our forests certainly need care and 

 protection and I am pleased to know that 

 there is an endeavor to watch over them. 

 This is a*noble work." 



Dr. F. C. Heckel. 



"We appreciate your magazine, which is 

 filling a real need and is doing more to 

 educate people to the proper utilization of 

 our forests than any other instrument we 

 now have, as far as I have any knowledge." 



C. E. Haak. 



"I wish to add an expression of admira- 

 tion of your magazine, which we have 

 taken so long." 



Miss Louisa P. Loring. 



"The arrival of publication dates of 

 American Forestry is looked forward to 

 with keen interest by us here at the nursery, 

 and we wish to congratulate you on the 

 splendid work you are doing." 



The Elm City Nursery Company. 



"It would seem to me that your Asso- 

 ciation should have the hearty support of 

 every progressive farmer with a wood lot." 

 J. Ford Sempers. 



"I feel guilty of an unfairness to myself 

 for not sending in my check for member- 

 ship before, for the architect cannot know 

 too much about the source of the wood he 

 constantly uses, and we all should be sub- 

 scribing members at least." 



G. W. B UK k head. 



"You'll never be any more enthusiastic 

 about saving the forests of America than 

 I am right this minute, when I have just 

 finished reading an issue of this wonderful 

 magazine." 



Editor, San Diego, California, Suh. 



"I am glad to continue my subscription 

 as I consider your efforts to keep forestry 

 before the country fully as important as any 

 issue that is now or likely to be in the 

 future before the country." 



George C. Johnson 



"I have just looked over and enjoyed the 

 November issue of American Forestry. I 

 very much value the magazine and pass it 

 on for others to read." 



Henry B. Atirott. 



