1430 



AMERICAN FORESTRY 



61,300,000 FEET 



NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER 

 FOR SALE 



Amount and Kinds. — Approxi- 

 mately 61,300,000 feet B.M. 

 more or less of white pine, 

 larch, Douglas fir, hemlock, 

 spruce, cedar, white fir and 

 other sawtimber, approxi- 

 mately 59 per cent white pine 

 and 70,000 cedar poles, to- 

 gether with an unestimated 

 amount of piling, shingle bolts 

 and round and split cedar 

 posts. 



Location. — Within the Kootenai 

 and Pend Oreille National 

 Forests, Montana and Idaho, 

 in Sec. 19, T. 31 N., R. 34 W., 

 M. P. M., and approximate 

 unsurveyed Sees. 24, 25, 26, 

 35 and 36, T. 31 N., R. 35 W., 

 M. P. M., Sees. 31, 33, and 34, 

 T. 59 N., R. 3 E. ; Sees. 3, 4, 

 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 T. 

 58 N., R. 3 E., B. M., Callahan 

 Creek watershed. 



Stumpage Prices. — Lowest rates 

 considered, $3.50 per M for 

 green white pine and $1.00 per 

 M for dead white pine, $1.00 

 per M for spruce, and 50c per 

 M for other species ; and spe- 

 cial rates for cedar poles of 

 various dimensions, piling, 

 shingle bolts, cedar post ma- 

 terial and cordwood. 

 The removal of larch and 

 Douglas fir saw timber, cedar 

 posts, shingle bolts, and cord- 

 wood will be optional with 

 the purchaser. 



Deposit— With bid, $5,000.00 to 

 apply on purchase price if bid 

 is accepted or refunded if re- 

 jected. 



Final Date For Bids. — Sealed 

 bids will be received by the 

 District Forester, Missoula, 

 Montana, up to and including 

 December 24, 1919. The 

 right to reject any and all bids 

 is reserved. Before bids are 

 submitted full information 

 concerning the character of 

 the timber, conditions of sale, 

 deposits, and the submission 

 of bids should be obtained 

 from the District Forester, 

 Missoula, Montana, or the 

 Forest Supervisor, Libby, 

 Montana. 



have to be met promptly and vigorously. 

 The Prairie Provinces also suffered se- 

 verely. 



Dr. C. D. Howe has been appointed Act- 

 ing Dean of the Forestry Department of 

 the University of Toronto to take the place 

 left vacant by the resignation of Dr. Fer- 

 now. 



As Dr. Fernow was the Father of For- 

 estry in the United States so he has been 

 in Canada, and it is with the deepest regret 

 that we see him giving up his active work 

 among us. We wish him all sorts of good 

 things in the retirement which he has 

 chosen and shall ever remember the inspi- 

 ration he has been to us and the great 

 things he has done for forestry. 



A party which has been making a survey 

 of the areas in New Brunswick affected 

 by the spruce bud worm, reports that prac- 

 tically all the balsam in that Province is 

 affected and is dying. The spruce is only 

 slightly attacked. 



Mr. A. C. Volckinar, Forester of the 

 Canada Paper Company, is making a re- 

 connaissance of about two hundred square 

 miles on the St. Ann River in Quebec. 



It is reported that an aeroplane explora- 

 tion undertaken by American interests in 

 Labrador has proved a great success and 

 that large areas of valuable timber were 

 discovered. Confirmation of these reports 

 and the size and amount of the timber will 

 be awaited with interest as all previous 

 explorers report timber only in the river 

 valleys and that of small size. 



A new saw for cutting down trees and 

 cutting them up into logs is described in 

 the Scientific American. It is electric- 

 ally operated, the current being supplied by 

 a portable dynamo driven by a gasoline 

 engine. The saw is mounted on wheels 

 and on a universal joint so that it can be 

 set at any height or angle. Trees can be 

 cut very rapidly and close to the ground. 

 The set of the teeth is also novel and it 

 is claimed that it operates very rapidly. 

 In view of the increasing cost and decreas- 

 ing efficiency of woods labor this should be 

 thoroughly tried out and might prove of 

 great advantage. 



The Wayagamac Pulp and Paper Com- 

 pany have purchased a number of small 

 caterpillar tractors and will try them in 

 their logging operations this coming win- 

 ter. 



The Association of the Northeastern 

 Foresters has decided to hold its next 

 annual summer meeting at Grand'Mere, 

 Quebec, as the guests of the Forestry Divi- 

 sion of the Laurentide Company, Ltd. 

 They will also be the guests of the Commis- 

 sion of Conservation at its Lac Edward 

 Experimental Station. 



• ARBORISTS MEET 



THE American Academy of Arborists, 

 which suspended its meetings during 

 the period of the war has renewed its activ- 

 ities, and is again prepared to disseminate 

 the much needed scientific information on 

 the planting and growing of trees, es- 

 pecially at this period of reconstruction. 



The Academy held its first meeting in 

 1915, choosing for its object the advance- 

 ment of arboricultural and landscape for- 

 estry and the maintenance of the highest 

 professional standard among its members. 

 Its membership is now extensively distrib- 

 uted throughout the United States, and at 

 its last meeting it was voted to refer im- 

 portant inquiries on all tree matters to the 

 nearest regional member. 



After many interesting discussions on 

 tree problems, the following resolutions 

 were also unanimously adopted : 



"I. Resolved, That the American Acad- 

 emy of Arborists endorses and strongly 

 urges the planting of trees as memorials 

 commemorating the heroes of the World 

 War, but strongly advises the careful se- 

 lection of species native and suitable for 

 the location. In discussing this resolution 

 the prevailing members favored the sturdy, 

 long-lived varieties, characteristic of 

 American ideals, and particularly discour- 

 aged the quick growing and weak varie- 

 ties. 



"II. Resolved, That the American Acad- 

 emy of Arborists endorses the name of the 

 Federal Horticultural Board to prevent the 

 further importation of plant pests but urges 

 the representation on the Board of practi- 

 cal arborists and foresters. 



"III. Resolved, That the American 

 Academy of Arborists endorses the work 

 of the American Joint Committee of Hor- 

 ticultural Nomenclature in standardizing 

 scientific and common plant names for 

 use of arborists and horticulturists and 

 obligates itself to the use of these stand- 

 ardized names as published by said Com- 

 mittee." 



It was decided to hold the next meeting 

 in Washington on the second Saturday of 

 January, 1920. and it was also decided to 

 have some of the papers presented before 

 the Academy at this meeting given out for 

 publication. 



GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY WILL CUT 



OUT IN 16 YEARS 

 W APPROXIMATELY 1,000,000,000 feet 

 of lumber was the output of the 

 Grays Harbor County mills during the 

 year of 1918, according to figures compiled 

 in the office of the county assessor. The 

 assessment rolls show that 414,295 acres 

 of timberland remain to be logged in Grays 

 Harbor County. The record last year was 

 26.364 acres cut over." (American Lum- 

 berman, August 16, 1919, page 70.) 



This means only 16 years' cut remaining 

 in one of the biggest timber producing dis- 

 tricts of the Pacific Northwest. 



