860 



AMERICAN FORESTRY 



tervals of about fifteen and 

 twenty miles. Here the great 

 burly brown hears delight to 

 roam, harmonizing with the 

 brown boles of the trees beneath 

 which they feed. 



"Deer, also, dwell here and find 

 food and shelter in the ceano- 

 thus tangles, with a multitude of 

 smaller people. Above this 

 region of giants, the trees grow 

 smaller until the utmost limit of 

 the timber line is reached on the 

 stormy mountain slopes at a 

 height of from ten to twelve 

 thousand feet above the sea, 

 where the dwarf pine is so lowly 

 and hard beset by storms and 

 heavy snow, it is pressed into 

 flat tangles, over the tops of 

 which we may easily walk. IJe- 

 lovv the main forest belt the 

 trees likewise diminish in size, 

 frost and burning drouth re- 

 pressing and blasting alike." 



In no other State is there 

 such a wealth of novelty in trees, 

 in no other State such a variety, 

 and m no other State trees 



which are so widely known and about which so much has 

 been written as those of California. The tourist will find 



A FOREST NORTHWEST OF PINCUSHION, SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA 



A dense Sierra forest at the higher elevations, where the trees of red fir and silver pine are prac- 

 tically all of the same age. Such forests are usually found at elevations of six to eight thousand 

 feet and are of greater value in preserving moisture than for lumher purposes. 



his trip to the State incomplete if he fails to pay them 

 the attention thev deserve. 



Education in Wood Uses 



WHAT is considered the most important move- 

 ment ever undertaken by the lumbermen for 

 the development and progress of their own 

 industry is the organization, just perfected, of a depart- 

 ment of trade extension. It will have a minimum fund 

 of $0(1,000 a year for oi)erating expenses. While this is 

 a comparatively small sum for the work involved it will 

 doubtless be increased as the imjx)rtance of the work is 

 emphasized. The department is under the direction of an 

 executive committee consisting of the following members 

 of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association: 

 Edward Hines, \V. A. Gilchrist, R. B. Goodman, E. B. 

 Hagen, W'm. H. Sullivan and R. H. Downman. 



Briefly stated the l)ei)artment will undertake to pro- 

 mote the use of wood and to conduct an educational 



propaganda which will at least maintain the present status 

 of wood under the pressure of modern competition and 

 selling methods. The field of activity concerns wood as 

 such and does not duplicate nor conflict with the work 

 of existing organizations. Education in the broadest 

 sense is the keynote and every dollar used is an invest- 

 ment on behalf of the whole lumber industry. The 

 initial lines of work will cover the following subjects: 

 Building codes and shingle ordinances ; engineering data 

 for architects and engineers ; fire protection ; wood 

 preservation ; retail lumber sales extension ; agricultural 

 helps in lumber uses ; cooperation with other organiza- 

 tions ; publicity ; and methods of promoting competitive 

 materials. 



