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THE FORESTER. 



September, 



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Put out 

 the Camp Fire. 



Vol. VI. 



SEPTEMBER, 1900. 



No. 9. 



Those of our readers 



Announcement. wh ^ere subscribers 

 to the .b ORESTER when 

 Dr. John Gifford used to edit it will be 

 glad to learn that he is once more to con- 

 tribute regularly to each issue. Now that 

 there are so many people in this country 

 who have a scientific and practical interest 

 in forestry, it is only fitting that the FOR- 

 ESTER should devote some space to sup- 

 plying this class of its readers with infor- 

 mation about all important or useful 

 literature which appears either in this 

 country or abroad. Dr. Gifford has 

 therefore consented to keep run of the 

 foreign periodicals relating to forestry, 

 and of the botanical, entomological and 

 other journals which appear in America, 

 and to contribute to each issue of the ma"-- 



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azine a record, with reviews, of what has 

 been published during the month. Dr. 

 Gifford is Forestry Librarian at Cornell. 

 With the help of the exchanges which the 

 FORESTER receives, he will be able to 

 make this record complete and thorough. 

 With this great addition to the regular 

 book reviews, the department of " Recent 

 Publications" should henceforth prove 

 itself most valuable to every American 

 student of forestry. Dr. Gifford will be- 

 gin contributing regularly to this depart- 

 ment next month. 



From the turning of 

 the leaves until the 

 time when the snow 

 falls there are few days on which a spark 

 dropped in the woods may not begin a 

 forest fire. Throughout this season every 

 one who takes a vacation with pipe, camp- 

 kettle, and gun is a distinct menace to 

 the welfare of the forest which he visits ; 

 and the only return he can make for the 

 pleasure which Nature gives him is to 

 take all possible care and precautions 

 against the dangers which attend his pres- 

 ence. This is the least he can do and is 

 only a duty imposed by decency. Nor 

 is it a difficult one, for the necessary pre- 

 cautions are few and simple. Among 

 the hundreds of sportsmen and campers 

 who are already scouring the woods from 

 the southern Appalachians to northern 

 Canada and across to the region of the 

 Rockies, there is none to whom they 

 should prove burdensome. In regard to 

 camp-fires probably the greatest source 

 of danger the following set of rules from 

 a recent editorial in Forest and Sir earn 

 is clear and complete : 



" Never build a fire where its flames can 

 communicate to grass or brush or branches 

 of trees. 



" Never build a fire where the spark can 

 be carried to brush, trees, leaves or grass. 



" Never build a fire without first noting 

 the lay of the land with respect to con- 

 trolling it after it is kindled. 



" Never leave camp for the day with the 

 fire to burn unattended. Extinguish it 

 thoroughly. 



" Under no circumstances, when moving 

 camp, leave the fire to burn or smoulder. 

 Put it out. 



"To extinguish a fire built upon the 

 ground where there is turf, the roots of 

 trees or other vegetable matter in the soil, 

 pour water upon it until the ground is 

 thoroughly soaked ; then dig around about 

 and well outside the circumference, throw- 

 ing the earth in toward the center, and 

 then wet it down again." 



To this may be added : 



Never use inflammable wads in a gun. 



Make sure that a match is cold before 

 you throw it awav. 



