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of camp life may be sought will also be 

 found many suggestions which will add 

 materially to comfort and convenience in 

 the camp. 



Chinese Wood-Oil Tree 



The adaptability of the Chinese wood- 

 oil tree for cultivation in northern Florida 

 seems to have been proved by recent ex- 

 periments. A tree at Tallahassee, Fla., 

 bore 2 bushels of the fruit last season. In 

 addition to being an economically import- 

 ant tree, it is a decidedly ornamental one. 

 It bears clusters of white flowers with 

 reddish-yellow centers, and in full bloom 

 resembles a catalpa. 



The United States imports annually 

 about 5.000.000 gallons of Chinese wood 

 oil, valued at $2,000,000. As the demands 

 of the American varnish trade are steadily 

 increasing, this affords a very large do- 

 mestic market for this prospective new 

 Florida industrv. 



Fire Protection 



The Vermont Timberland Association, 

 the object of which is the protection of 

 Vermont forests from fire, was organized 

 early in July. The principal offices are to 

 be in Bloomfield, Vt. The association will 

 endeavor to enlist the aid of the United 

 States and the State government in the 

 work and will encourage enactment of 

 laws which provide for adequate fire pro- 

 tection. 



Any firm, person or corporation inter- 

 ested in the management of timberlands 

 within the State shall be eligible to mem- 

 bership. A board of directors, consisting 

 of five members, will have control and co- 

 operate with the State Forester as far as 

 possible. 



The articles are signed by officials of 

 lumber concerns which have large inter- 

 ests in the State: W. R. Brown, of Berlin, 

 N. H., of the Bedin Mills Co.; E. E. Amey, 

 of Portland, Me.; Dalton Power Co., of 

 Fitzdale, Vt.; Connecticut Valley Lumber 

 Co.; Howard G. Philbrook, of Boston, 

 Mass.; A. N. Blandin, Mountain Mills, 

 N. H., president of the East Haven Tim- 

 ber Co. 



Forest Land Uses 



The scheme of relieving unemployment 

 in Massachuetts by providing a special 

 fund to be spent under the direction of 

 the State Forester has proved to be a 

 complete success, according to the report 

 of Forester Frank Rane, filed with the 

 Governor. 



With the $99,547.55 provided by the 

 Legislature and gifts of $12,076.87, the 

 State Forester was able to provide work 

 for thousands and at the same time com- 

 plete a large amount of useful labor on 

 the woodlands and roadsides of the State. 

 The total expenditures from the fund 

 amounted to $109,623.20 and, counting 



gifts still to come, there will be still avail- 

 able $1,838.37 to complete work partly 

 done. 



City's Timber Tract 



Having a thirty-day option on the tract 

 of land comprising 5,500 acres belonging 

 to the Bee Tree Lumber Co. and known 

 as the Bee Tree watershed tract, the mem- 

 bers of the Board of City Commissioners 

 of Asheville, N. C, have notified the own- 

 ers of the property that it will be .pur- 

 chased by the municipality in compliance 

 with the terms of the option. The sum of 

 $30,000 will be paid for the land and it 

 will become the property of the city before 

 the eighth of October. 



The land contains a valuable stand of 

 timber and this will be preserved, the 

 property being bought with a view to in- 

 creasing the present watershed holdings 

 of Asheville. 



Wood Waste Exchange 



Since the inauguration of its Wood 

 Waste Exchange, on April 15 last, the 

 Forest Service has been requested to list 

 147 mills and factories as having waste 

 material for sale, while during the same 

 time seventy-six other wood-using con- 

 cerns have asked to be listed as desiring 

 to purchase waste of a wide range of 

 species in specified dimensions or as mill 

 or factory run. The latter have been in- 

 cluded in the list of "Opportunities to 

 Sell Waste," which is sent monthly to con- 

 cerns which have waste material for sale. 

 This list is growing steadily, but the 

 Forest Service is anxious to accelerate its 

 rate of growth inasmuch as it comprises 

 only about half as many buyers as there 

 are sellers listed under "Opportunities to 

 Buy Waste." 



Oa for Alaska 



Chief Forester Henry S. Graves, accom- 

 panied by E. A. Sherman, an Associate 

 Forester, left in the middle of July for 

 Alaska, where they will inspect the na- 

 tional forests there with a view to classi- 

 fication. There are about 78,000,OOQiOOO 

 feet of timber on the national forests there 

 of which 70,000,000,000 is on the Tongass. 

 The woods is mostly spruce and western 

 hemlock. 



Private Reforesting 



The first private reforesting project in 

 West Virginia will be undertaken by State 

 Tax Commissioner Fred O. Blue on a 400- 

 acre tract of personal property in Bar- 

 bour County, according to an announce- 

 ment made by Frank Glenn, of Parsons, 

 W. Va., chief deputy in the State Forestry 

 Service. The land is to be reset in chest- 

 nut, poplar, locust and black walnut. Mr. 

 Blue will be given assistance in the under- 

 taking by the United States Forest Service. 



Grade One 



Creosote Oil 



Cuts wood preserving 

 bills in half 



For preserving telephone 

 poles, telegraph poles, cross 

 arms, railroad ties, fence 

 posts, mine timbers, under- 

 ground sills, sleepers, bridge 

 timbers, planking, ice 

 houses, wood tanks, shing- 

 les, poultry houses, silos, 

 boat timbers or any exposed 

 woodwork. 



Especially adapted for brush 

 and open tank treatment of 

 structural timbers of all 

 kinds. 



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