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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Schweizerische zeitschrift fiir forstwesen, 

 April, 1910 Schlagraumung, by J. R., 

 p. 1 12-6; Zur frage des anbaues fremd- 

 landischer holzarten, by F. Fankhauser, 

 p. 121-6. 



Tharander forstliches jahrbuch, 1910 Ueber 

 den einfluss verschiedener durchforst- 

 ungsgrade auf die schaftform der fichte, 

 by M. Kunze, p. 1-18; Ueber den einfluss 

 verschiedener durchforstungsgrade auf 

 den wachstumsgang der waldbestande, by 

 M. Kunze, p. 19-43 ! Die reinertrags- 

 iibersichten der kgl. sachs. staatsforsten 

 fiir das jahr, 1908, by Kassner, p. 74-88; 

 Ueber die fichtengenerationen von Pineus 

 pini, by W. Baer, p. 89-94; Ueber Pau- 

 rurus juvencus, by W. Baer, p. 95-6. 



Zeitschrift fiir forst-und jagdwesen, April, 

 1910 Forstwirtschaftliche riickblicke auf 

 das jahr 1908, by Semper, p. 195-215; 

 Aus dem gebiet des blendersaumschlags, 

 by Kienitz, p. 215-24; Der leimring als 

 kampfmittel gegen die nonne, by Las- 

 peyres, p. 235-42. 



Reports and Bulletins from Massachusetts 



Five substantial pamphlets of considerable 

 local importance and of value to students 

 of forestry all over the United States have 

 come from the office of the state forester of 

 Massachusetts. The first of these is the 

 Annual Report for 1909. This report shows 

 a great expansion in the scope and organiza- 

 tion of the department, owing to the placing 

 upon it of the task of the gipsy and brown- 

 tail moth control, which until a year ago was 

 in the hands of separate officials. The staff 

 now includes, beside the state forester, Mr. 

 Rane, four assistants, a secretary, three clerks 

 and fifteen agents and division superintend- 

 ents. Besides these, there is a forest warden 

 in every town of the, state, whose appoint- 

 ment is primarily by the town or city officers, 

 subject to the approval of the state forester, 

 under whom the forest warden's work is 

 done. The expenditures for 1909 were $10,000 

 for the general forestry work, $9,842.87 for 

 reforestation work, and a little less than 

 $300,000 for the moth suppression work. 



A bulletin on "Reforestation in Massachu- 

 setts," by R. S. Langdell, assistant forester, 

 is of much interest in view of the modest 

 but persistent work which the state has un- 

 dertaken in the way of reforestation. This 

 work is being carried on under a systematic 

 plan, authorized by law and supported by a 

 continuing annual appropriation of $10,000. 

 The bulletin referred to describes the methods 

 of work pursued, shows by illustrations the 

 character of it, and discusses the trees most 

 favorable for such work in the state. From 

 the forester's report for 1909 we learn that 

 nine hundred and twenty-seven acres were 

 planted by the state in that year, these being 

 in tracts from five to 107 acres. And 111,500 

 trees have been planted by several water 



companies and private individuals under 

 advice of the state forester. 



The third bulletin is entitled "How 

 Make Improvement Thinnings in Massac 

 setts Woodlands." An earlier bulletin 

 "Forest Thinning" was published by the s 

 service, but this is much more comprehen 

 in its discussion of the subject, and i 

 some of the material of the earlier publ 

 tion. The author is H. O. Cook, assis 

 in charge of that part of the state fo 

 work. 



W. F. Fiske, agent and expert of the 

 reau of Entomology, United States Dep 

 ment of Agriculture, who has been in ch; 

 of the work of developing parasites of 

 gipsy and brown-tailed moths in Massac 

 setts, is the author of another bulletin i 

 lished by the state service on that sub. 

 It is an extremely interesting publication, 

 pecially for all those who are within 

 danger zone of these destructive moths. 

 Fiske is an industrious and careful wor 

 and has obtained a very good mastery of 

 subject. He treats the nature of insect p 

 sites, the natural control of the moths, 

 theory and practice of introducting paras 

 the sequence of parasites, and the diffe 

 parasites in detail. The bulletin is quite i 

 illustrated, and is full of practical entomo 

 ical information. 



The last on this list of state publicatiot 

 the report on "Massachusetts Wood U 

 Industries," by Hu Maxwell, the exper 

 the United States Forest Service, und< 

 cooperative arrangement between the Ur 

 States and the state services. It is the 

 of a series of these reports to appea: 

 printed form. This report gives the arm 

 of different varieties of woods used in 

 industries of the state, the cost at the facl 

 and the amount grown in the state. It 

 gives an anlysis of the wood used by 

 class of industries and the average cos 

 them of their raw material. It is intere; 

 to notice that the manufacture of boxes 

 crates heads the list, using sixty-four 

 cent of the lumber that is consumed in 

 state. There is, finally, a list of the v 

 manufacturers from whom the informs 

 was obtained and a table showing the 

 by species of different woods. These rep 

 which are a part of the work of the offic 

 wood utilization of the branch of the proc 

 of the Forest Service, will be of great j 

 tical value in determining the exact si 

 of the lumber business in the country, 

 ports from several other states are noi 

 preparation. 



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A Tree Manual for Kentucky 



The Kentucky Federation of Won 

 Clubs did good service when it pla: 

 and carried out the publication of 

 "Native Trees of Kentucky." This h 

 book by Mrs. Maury, the chairman of 

 forestry committee of the state federatio 



