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AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



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acreasing 

 alue of 

 [emlock. 



nee to the aims of the Canadian Associa- 

 011. 



Mr. Stewart is now making prepara- 

 ons for a visit through the prairie region 

 f the Northwest with a view to holding 

 meetings and explaining to the people the 

 lanner in which the government proposes 

 ) assist them in tree planting on the 

 lains. In general the work will be car- 

 ied on in such a way as to give instruc- 

 on about tree planting with reference to 

 le preparation of the soil, the proper time 

 }r planting, the varieties of trees suitable 

 )r certain localities, etc. In addition to 

 lis it is hoped that the government will 

 e able to furnish seed and plant material 

 ) those applying for them, and also to see 

 ) their safe delivery at the proper time. 



"It is stated that $5 a 

 thousand is being paid 

 for hemlock logs at the 

 mills in the western part 

 f the northern peninsula of Michigan. 

 >nly a few years ago this would have been 

 fair price for Pine, and indicates both 

 le increasing scarcity of Pine and the 

 reater appreciation of the merits of Hem- 

 >ck. The time seems to be fast coming 1 

 dien Hemlock will be the chief pieced 

 :uff material of the West as it long has 

 een in the East. Not only so, but it will 

 e used for sheathing boards, sidewalk 

 lank and similar purposes to a greater ex- 

 :nt than ever before." American Lum- 

 erman. 



/ill it Pay to In a recent issue of the 

 TOW Forest New Orleans Lumber 



rees ? Trade Journal appears 



an article by Mr. D. C. 

 lurson, of Topeka, Kans., on the sub- 

 let, " Will it pay to plant and cultivate 

 )rest trees ? " The article pertains chiefly 

 ) the hardy Catalpa and describes the 

 ^sults already obtained in some of the 

 irger plantations of the West. The writer 

 uotes from the Division of Forestry in 

 iving measurements in the plantation of 

 ' W. Yaggy, near Hutchinson, Kans. 

 nis plantation shows a net average annual 

 iturn of $19.75 per acre for the first ten 



years of its existence. Upon the basis 

 of past accomplishment Mr. Burson dis- 

 cusses the possibilities of the future, and 

 shows clearly that the growing of tim- 

 ber for posts, telegraph poles, and rail- 

 road ties is a profitable business. The 

 article is an able presentation of the case 

 from the standpoint of one who under- 

 stands the situation, and will make a 

 strong impression on those who are think- 

 ing of planting trees for profit. In sum- 

 ming up, Mr. Burson says: 



" Yes, it will not only pay to plant and 

 cultivate Catalpa, but any other variety of 

 forest tree whose lumber has a fair com- 

 merical value. * * * The facts are that 

 we are unable to make any calculations 

 on growing forest trees on good land that 

 will not pay large dividends on the capital 

 invested." 



Practical "A second offset (to the 



Lumbermen dangers that threaten to 



Increasing. extinguish the produc- 



tiveness of forest lands 

 in this country) is the widespread public in- 

 terest above mentioned, which is beginning 

 to become effective not only in legislation, 

 but, and this is of far greater value, in lead- 

 ing to practical action by individual forest 

 owners. ' Get rid of the timber' is no longer 

 the unqestioned axiom that it was. To 

 cut the timber and yet save the forest 

 looms up as a clearer and clearer possi- 

 bility in the minds of timber owners, and 

 the examples of the practical lumbermen 

 who are handling their forest lands along 

 the lines of practical forestry are mul- 

 tiplying with most gratifying rapidity 

 both in number and in force. It is thought 

 the enlightened self-interest of the owners 

 of timber land, even more than by legisla- 

 tion, or by the press, or by public senti- 

 ment itself, that our forests must actually 

 be saved." Gifford Pinchat in Outing. 



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Neglect of "I think it is safe to say, 



New England's that taking the three States, 

 Woodland. of Connecticut, Rhode Is- 



land and Massachusetts to- 

 gether and as a whole, more than one- 

 third of their land is woodland, and in the 



