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THE FORESTER. 



November, 



CHIPS AND CLIPS. 



Autumn tree-planting gives emphasis to under a legislative act appropriating $50,- 



000 for purchasing lands in the Catskills. 



the growing interest in forestry 



The forests which have wood " to 

 burn," as the colloquial phrase goes, jus- 

 tify their name at this season of the year 

 by frequent fires. 



One million people are supported by 

 forestry in Germany and two millions 

 more by manufactures of which forest 

 products form the principal material. 



Pacific Coast lumbermen expect that 

 Russia, with her trans-Siberian railway, 

 the development of seaport facilities and 

 the establishment of commerce on the 

 Pacific will prove a valuable customer in 

 the near future. 



The steady advance in prices in the 

 lumber trade was brought to mind rather 

 forcibly by a pack of Chicago thieves who 

 recently stole 60 feet of a picket fence. 



Pennsylvania seems to be experiencing 

 a considerable awakening to the good 

 which Commissioner Rothrock can accom- 

 plish if provided with the necessary means. 

 But the State Treasury has no funds for 

 forestry at present. 



A feature of the forests of British Co- 

 lumbia, especially of the coast, is their 

 density. As much as 500,000 feet of 

 lumber has been taken from a single acre. 



Cornelius W. Smith, of Syracuse, N. 

 Y., president of the New York State Fish, 

 Game and Forest League, died at his 

 home of heart disease, October 28, aged 

 54 years. 



In Europe there are a number of good 

 examples of remunerative forestry. The 

 duchy of Baden derives a net annual rev- 

 enue of $667,000 from 240,000 acres of 

 public forest, and the kingdom of Wur- 

 temburg $1,700, 000 from its 418,000 acres 

 of public forest. 



The municipal authorities of Camden, 

 N. J., have prohibited the further posting 

 of handbills and advertisements on trees 

 in the public streets on account of damage 

 done to the trees. 



The White Spruce is a very useful tim- 

 ber, grows in low swampy lands, and does 

 not occur in large compact bodies, but in- 

 terspersed among Fir and other trees. It 

 almost equals the Fir in circumference, but 

 does not grow to such a height nor is its I 

 stem so clear of branches. 



A series of tests, to determine the 

 strength of British Columbia Douglas Fir 

 produced very satisfactory results regard- 

 ing the relative value of the various quali- 

 ties submitted. 



Japan is taking kindly to the principles 

 of forestry, the government now making | 

 provision for perpetuating the forests on al 

 definite plan. In the main islands the; 

 forest cover has been considerably de-| 

 nuded, and an imperial edict has decreed! 

 that young trees shall be planted for every! 

 mature tree cut down. 



Elihu Stewart, Canadian Chief Inspec- 

 tor of Timber and Forestry, made an 

 official trip through Manitoba and British 

 Columbia lately to investigate the condi- 

 tion of the forests of Western Canada. 



The local authorities in Ulster County, 

 N. Y., are securing options on 9,000 acres 

 of wild lands for forest reserve purposes, 



The city of Santa Barbara, Cal., has! 

 consummated the purchase of 3,500 acres! 

 of mountain lands in the Santa Ynez range, 

 in accordance with an act of Congress al-l 

 lowing an option of $1.25 an acre, for| 

 purposes of water conservation. A tunneli 

 will be built to Santa Ynez River, a disj 

 tance of three and a half miles, to supply 

 the water. 



