The Forester 



Vol. VI No. 6 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



EFFECT OF FIRES IN MINNESOTA Frontispiece 



THE PAPER INDUSTRY AND FORESTS C. W. LYMAN 125 



Secretary of the International Paper Co. 



TREE PLANTING IN OKLAHOMA WM. L. HALL 130 



Asst. Supl. of Tree Planting, Div. of Forestry. 



TWO ARTICLES IN THE NEW YEARBOOK 131 



DAMAGE TO TIMBER BY ACID FUMES HENRYS. GRAVES 135 



Supt. of Working Plans, Div. of Forestry. 



THE INVESTIGATION OF THE GRAZING QUESTION 136 



OBITUARY J. D. W. French 138 



EDITORIAL : 



The Summer Meeting in New York. Increase in Appropriation for the 

 Division of Forestry. Last Month's Forest Fires. Public Indifference to 

 the Fires. Mr. Boardman's Letter. For an Appalachian Park. Left 

 Unfinished ,.. 139 



CORRESPONDENCE : 



An Interesting Holly. The Fires in Michigan 142 



NEWS, NOTES AND COMMENT: 



Investigations of Water Resources. Tree Planting in the Plains Region. 

 Wrecking Dams and Stealing Timber. The Mohave River Watershed. 

 Drouth, Fire and a Shortage in Lumber. A Southern Hardwood Purchase. 

 Preserve Natural Reservoirs. Forestry in Arkansas. The Fire Came too 

 Fast. Assistant Professor of Forestry at Yale. An Ancient Cedar. Gath- 

 ering up Black Walnut. On the Raquette River. The Largest Tree. To 

 Lumber in the Philippines. Comment on the Appalachian Park 144 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS 149 



HANDY LITTLE AXES. * 



For Hunters, Surveyors and Outers 



Weight 8 to 12 Ounces. 

 THE KEPHART KNIFE. If you Like a Keen, Durable Edge, Write for Circular. 



COLDESSER BROS., Eldorado, Pa. 



Forestry and Village Improvement* 



IVIlSS IVtira. Lloyd Dock is prepared to give informal talks on Forestry 

 and Village Improvement, with or without lantern slides. For subjects, 

 terms, etc., address : J427 N. Front Street, Harrisburg, Pa. 



