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THE FORESTER. 



" A recent Mississippi River raft from 

 Stillwater to Dubuque and Clinton con- 

 tained 7,500,000 feet of lumber and was 

 deckloaded with lath and shingles. It was 

 2,270 feet long and 250 feet wide, and 

 claims the record to date."- American 

 Lumberman. 



& 



" The State of Minnesota is attempting 

 reforestation upon a small scale at the 

 Minnesota experiment station, where 10,- 

 ooo young Pine trees of White, Norway 

 and Scotch varieties have been set this 

 spring. Some interesting experiments 



are also under way to demonstrate the 

 agricultural value of cut over Pine lands." 

 American Lumberman. 



"It is a fact not well known that the 

 Swedish matches, which are so much used 

 in the United States, are manufactured 

 from Aspen and of a growth of that wood 

 peculiar to Russia; in fact, nearly all 

 Swedish and German matches are manu- 

 factured from Russian Aspen, which is 

 imported for that purpose."- American 

 Lumberman. 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 



Practical Tree Planting in Operat'on. By J. 

 W. Tourney, Superintendent of Tree Planting. 

 Pp. 27, pis. 4, figs. 2. (Bulletin No. 27, Divi- 

 sion of Forestry. ) Price 5 cents. 

 In July, 1899, the Division of Forestry offered 

 to assist persons desirous of establishing wood 

 lots, shelter belts, wind breaks, and other plan- 

 tations of forest trees by sending expert tree 

 planters to examine their lands and give advice 

 and directions for suitable planting. Many ap- 

 plications for such assistance have been made 

 and as a result planting plans for thirty-three 

 tracts were last year completed and put into 

 execution. Bulletin No. 27 is an interesting de- 

 scription of this first work in co-operation with 

 the tree planters of the plains region, and con- 

 tains illustrated descriptions of several of the 

 plans. It makes no attempt to lay down gen- 

 eral rules, but shows the nature of the problems 

 which many of those who took up claims on 

 the plains of the West failed to understand and 

 could not solve, and shows how the difficulties 

 were successfully overcome in some cases. The 

 IHilktin ought to do much toward bringing the 

 Division of Forestry into close touch with the 

 tree-planters of the middle West. 



Forestry in Minnesota, By Samuel B. Green. 

 Published by the Minnesota Forestry Associa- 

 tion. Bound $0.25. 



The Minnesota Forestry Association has 



bound in cloth a number of copies of Forestry 



in -Minnesota and is distributing them for 25 



apiece. The book was originally pre- 



1 for use as a text-book of Forestry in the 



Minnesota School of Agriculture. It is not too 

 technical for popular use and is especially adap- 

 ted to the needs of those who have a practical 

 interest in trees and forests in Minnesota and 

 other States. It is divided into two parts, the 

 first dealing with the necessary elements of tree 

 botany, explaining the value of forests and for- 

 est trees and their relation to the community, 

 and treating of some of the principles of for- 

 estry and tree planting that are most applicable 

 in Minnesota. The second part gives a list of 

 the trees of Minnesota with illustrated botanical 

 descriptions, and also, in the case of each, their 

 distribution, means of propagation, commercial 

 uses, and wood properties. The many excel- 

 lencies of "Forestry in Minnesota " have already 

 gained it too wide a reputation for any enum- 

 eration of them to be needed here. 



The Forest Tent Caterpillar. 



The bulletin of the New Hampshire Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station on the Forest Tent 

 Caterpillar, which was mentioned in the June 

 number of the FORESTER, was referred to as 

 Bulletin 64. It should have been called Bulletin 

 75. Bulletin 64 was an earlier pamphlet on the 

 same subject. 



The Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 Burlington, Vt., has issued a bulletin (No. 76) 

 on the Forest Tent Caterpillar. Some space is 

 devoted especially to the insect ravages among 

 Sugar Maples. 



Twentieth Annual Report of the U. S. Geo- 

 logical Survey, Part V., Forest Reserves. 



[ To be revieived next month.'} 



