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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



The establishment of the Roosevelt Wild 

 Life Experiment Station is by authoriza- 

 tion of the state legislature, and is the 

 direct outcome of plans made in 1916 by 

 Theodore Roosevelt himself. The func- 

 tions of the station as specified by the new 

 law are "to establish and conduct an ex- 

 perimental station in which there shall be 

 maintained records of the results of the 

 experiments and investigations and re- 

 search work accomplished; also a library 

 of works, publications, papers and data 

 having to do with wild life together with 

 means for practical illustration and dem- 

 onstration, which library shall at all rea- 

 sonable hours be open to the public." 

 Other duties are to make investigations of 

 the life, histories, propagation, manage- 

 ment of fish, birds, game and food and fur- 

 bearing animals and forest wild life. 

 Quarters will be provided at the College of 

 Forestry Experiment Station at Syracuse. 

 The work done the past summer at the 

 Cranberry Lake Sophomore Camp as prac- 

 tical training in forestry has been devel- 

 oped along an entirely new line, one of 

 gieat interest to the students, and of a 

 real public value as well. In some re- 

 spects it is allied to the new recreational 

 forestry department, for the students were 

 assigned the task of laying out trails to- 

 ward different parts of the camp's 1,000 

 acre area, for visitors to use in getting to 

 points of interest. These trails are two 

 in number, as the first year's work and will 

 be maintained properly inscribed with the 

 class numerals of the Class of '21, as 

 mementos of the summer work of this 

 class. The trails will next year be con- 

 tinued into the distant depths of the forest, 

 and eventually it is hoped to connect them 

 with the state system of trails and high- 

 ways. 



This expansion in the field of the College 

 of Forestry has been paralleled by the 

 largest opening attendance in the history 

 of the institution. The freshman class 

 entering September 16 was the largest' in 

 the history of the College of Forestry, 

 and was larger than the entire attendance 

 in all classes during the year of 1918-19, 

 depleted as was the college during that 

 year by the war conditions. 



Luis J. Reyes, of Manila, a Filipino 

 Forester, has been sent to the New York 

 State College of Forestry at Syracuse to 

 take a college course in forestry. 



Mr. Reyes comes to America as a special 

 student sent by the Forestry Bureau of 

 the Philippines, after six years service as 

 assistant wood expert in that bureau. He 

 is a graduate of the Forest School of the 

 University of the Philippines and after 

 graduation was made a member of the 

 governmental bureau. 



Of special importance is the fact that he 

 brings with him 300 authentic samples of 

 Philippine woods, comprising 150 species, 

 giving the College of Forestry the most 



complete such collection in the country. 

 He is to specialize in microscopic study of 

 woods, in the course in wood technology, 

 as the use of the high-power microscope 

 is of utmost importance in final determina- 

 tion of Philippine lumber. 



"The need of the microscope is shown," 

 said Mr. Reyes, "in the case of Tangile and 

 Red Lauan. Tangile is worth 200 pesos a 

 thousand, and is valuable for airplane pro- 

 pellers as is mahogany. Lauan, however, 

 worth only 150 pesos, resembles Tangile so 

 closely that though entirely unfit for air- 

 plane propellers, the microscope is needed 

 to tell the difference. That is why the 

 scientist, and the technical forester is 

 needed in the lumber indjustry in the Phil- 

 ippines." 



FOREST SERVICE OFFERS PHOTO- 

 GRAPHIC EXHIBITS. 



"VTEW photographic exhibits on "Forestry 

 and Nature Study" and "Farm Wood- 

 lands" may now be borrowed from the 

 Forest Service, United States Department 

 of Agriculture, by schools and libraries. 

 The "Forestry and Nature Study" exhibit 

 is a pictorial story of how trees grow, and 

 of the buds, leaves, flowers, and fruits, the 

 typical forms of trees, the different 

 kinds of forests, and the influences 

 that affect their growth, and the enemies 

 and friends of the forest. The "Farm 

 Woodland" exhibit, which is especially 

 adapted for use in agricultural and rural 

 schools, shows different types of woodland, 

 how the farmer can use the woodland and 

 sell the product, and how trees make waste 

 land profitable and help the farmer in 

 other ways. The exhibits are made up in 

 panel form, each panel consisting of 4 

 sepia enlargements. 



Teachers who are interested in the for- 

 ests in a more general way will find what 

 they need in the original photograph ex- 

 hibits of the Forest Service, which show 

 forest conditions in the United States, 

 how the forests are used, and how they 

 may be preserved. 



For classes in manual training and 

 the like there are exhibits of commer- 

 cially important woods of the United 

 States with explanatory charts and tables. 

 Schools that have a lantern, or can pro- 

 vide one, may borrow sets of lantern 

 slides with prepared outlines for lectures 

 on many topics connected with forestry. 

 For instance, there are sets on forestry 

 in the United States, and on nature study, 

 botany, manual training, geography and 

 agriculture in relation to forestry, and 

 on street trees and wind-breaks. Recently 

 a set has been made up on recreation in 

 the national forests. Lists of subjects 

 and other details may be secured on appli- 

 cation to the Forest Service, Washington. 

 District of Columbia. 



BOUQUETS 



"1 take this opportunity to congratulate 

 you on the very great interest you have 

 developed in the magazine and the great 

 increase in scope which has been evolved 

 in recent years. It is one of the most wel- 

 come periodicals which comes to our 

 house." E. G. Cutler. 



"It is gratifying to see so much forestry 

 in the August number of American For- 

 estry." 



K. W. Woodward. 



"I was very much gratified to have the 



August number of your most interesting 



magazine, and want to congratulate you 



on its many entertaining and attractive 



features." 



Nelson C. Brown. 



"The Magazine is certainly fine." 



Mary J. Chute. 



"I deem it a great privilege to be a mem- 

 ber of the American Forestry Association, 

 and derive great pleasure and profit from 

 the magazine as well as many helpful 

 suggestions for my forestry work." 



Mrs. Adelaide M. Godding. 



"I have given American Forestry my 

 careful investigation and I consider it an 

 excellent magazine and will do what I can 

 to have it placed in our High School 

 libraries." 



Miss A. F. Brown. 



"I enjoy your magazine, American For- 

 estry, very much." 



Col. Chas. H. Cummincs. 



"The magazine is a credit to the Associa- 

 tion and yourself. It is the most effective 

 agency for keeping the forestry movement 

 before the people." 



Southern Pine Association. 



"American Forestry is used by all our 

 students, but particularly by the younger 

 ones in their school work. All that you 

 claim for it is true and even more." 

 Harriet H. Ames. 



"Though there are numberless demands 

 for one's bit of income these unusual times, 

 I feel that American Forestry and the 

 cause it represents are too good to pass 

 by. The magazine is beautiful, interest- 

 ing, instructive and altogether delightful." 

 F. H. Ballou. 



"I read your magazine with great enjoy- 

 ment. 



Thomas F. Taylor. 



"One of the several factors that help 

 make American Forestry an unusually 

 attractive, as well as helpful magazine, 

 is its freshness — the use of artistic illustra- 

 tions, beautiful photographs, art work, and, 

 too, the physical make-up of the magazine. 

 The average professional magazine, or 

 class magazine, is preUy drab and color- 

 less. American Forestry is by all odds 

 the most attractive magazine of that type 

 that I have run across, not only because 

 its contents are interesting and informative, 

 but also they are presented with freshness, 

 vitality, life and beauty." 



Prof. Lew Sarett. 



