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CURRENT LITERATURE 



MONTHLY LIST FOR JUNE, 1919 



(Books and periodicals indexed in the library of the United States Forest Service.) 



FORESTRY AS A WHOLE 

 Proceedings and reports of associations, forest 

 officers, etc. 



Hawaii — Board of commissioners of agri- 

 culture and forestry. Report for the 

 biennial period ended Dec. 31, 1918. 

 118 p. pi., maps. Honolulu, 1919. 



India — Andamans — Forest dept. Report 

 on forest administration for the year 

 1917-18. 39 p. Calcutta. 1919. 



New York state college of forestry. Syra- 

 cuse university. The Empire forester, 

 vol. 5. 104 p. il. Syracuse, N. Y., 

 1919. 



Switzerland — Dept. de l'interieur — Inspec- 

 tion des forests, chasse et peche. Etat 

 des agents forestiers de la Suisse, 1919. 

 25 p. Berne, 1919. 



FOREST PROTECTION 



Insects 



Craighead, F. C. Protection from the 

 locust borer. 12 p. pi. Wash., D. C, 

 1919. (U. S. — Dept. of agriculture. 

 Bulletin 787.) 



Diseases 



International white pine blister rust con- 

 ference for western North America. A 

 brief report of the proceedings and 

 recommendations. 4 p. Portland, Ore., 

 1919. 



Fire 



Central West Virginia fire protective asso- 

 ciation. Fifth annual report. 23 p. 

 Elkins, W. Va., 1918. 



FOREST ADMINISTRATION 



United States — Dept. of agriculture — For- 

 est service. Vacation days in Colo- 

 rado's national forests. 60 p. il., map. 

 Washington., D. C, 1919. 



FOREST UTILIZATION 



Lumber industry 



American hardwood manufacturers asso- 

 ciation. Inspection rules on hardwood 

 lumber, and sales code, effective Feb. 

 1, 1919. 134 p. Memphis, Tenn., 1919. 



National wholesale lumber dealers asso- 

 ciation. Report of proceedings, 27th 

 annual meeting. 113 p. N. Y., 1919. 



United States — Federal board for voca 

 tional education. For disabled soldiers, 

 sailors and marines, to aid them in 

 choosing a vocation ; the lumber in- 

 dustry, logging, sawmilling. 15 p. 

 Wash.. D. C, 1919. (Opportunity 

 monograph, vocational rehabilitation 

 series No. 19.) 



Wood-using industries 



Davis, Charles G. The building of a wood- 

 en ship. 127 p. il., diagrs. Phila., Pa., 

 U. S. Shipping board emergency fleet 

 corporation, 1918. 



AUXILIARY SUBJECTS 

 Description and travel 



Muir, John. Steep trails. 391 p. pi. 

 Boston, Houghton Mifflin co., 1918. 



Engineering 



Johnson, J. B. Materials of construction 

 5th ed. 840 p. il., diagrs., tables 

 N. Y., J. Wiley & sons, inc., 1918. 



Erosion 



Fisher, M. L. The washed lands of In- 

 diana : a preliminary study. 24 p. il. 

 Lafayette, Ind., 1919. (Indiana — Agri- 

 cultural experiment station. Circular 

 no. 90.) 



PERIODICAL ARTICLES 



Tifiscellaneous periodicals 



Aerial age, June 9, 1919. — The properties of 

 balsa wood, by R. C. Carpenter, p. 

 640-1. 



Agricultural gazette of Canada, Mar., 1919. 

 — Balsam injury in Quebec and its con- 

 trol, by J. M. Swaine, p. 227-33. 



American city, Apr., 1919. — Classification 

 and census of city trees, by A. F. W. 

 Vicks, p. 368-70. 



Aviation, May 15, 1919. — Veneer body con- 

 struction, p. 434-6. 



Bellman, Apr. 19, 1919. — Replanting the 

 war forests, by R. H. Moulton, p. 



434-5- 



Botanical gazette, May, 1919. — A coniferous 

 sand dune in Cape Breton Island, by 

 L. H. Harvey, p. 417-26. 



Conservation, May, 1919. — Disposal of slash 

 is prime essential, by C. Leavitt, p. 19; 

 Technically trained foresters in de- 

 mand, by C. Leavitt, p. 20; Forests as 

 factors in reconstruction, by C. Lea- 

 vitt, p. 22. 



Contemporary review, Apr., 1919. — Pros- 

 pects of starting state forestry, by F. 

 D. Acland, p. 386-95. 



Garden magazine, May, 1919. — Fair treat- 

 ment for trees, by E. L. D. Seymour, 



P- I7I-3- 



Gardeners' chronicle of America, May, 

 1919. — The appeal that trees make as 

 memorials, by F. B. Meyer, p. 166-7. 



Journal of the Franklin institute, June, 

 1919. — Tree telephony and telegraphy, 

 by G. O. Squier, p. 657-87. 



New Zealand journal of agriculture, Apr. 

 21, 1919. — The wood-borer and its con- 

 trol, by A. H. Cockayne, p. 198-9; The 

 ailanthus-tree for wood-pulp, by W. H. 

 Taylor, p. 223. 



Progressive farmer, Apr. 12, 1919. — Getting 

 the most out of the farm woodlands, by 

 H. B. Krausz, p. 598, 619; Farmers' ex- 

 perience meeting : getting more profit 

 from farm timber, p. 600. 



Science, May 30, 1919. — The Roosevelt wild 

 life experiment station, by C. C. Adams, 

 P- 533-4- 



Scottish journal of agriculture, Apr., 1919. 

 — Forestry and hill farms, by W. G. 

 Smith, p, 197-203. 



U. S. Dept. of agriculture. Weekly news 

 letter, June 4, 1919. — Want federal 

 leadership in meeting forestry prob- 



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