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AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION'. 



most serious one. Wagon roads are poor, 

 there is but one railroad, and the rivers 

 are not in good condition for log driving; 

 though there are many streams that with 

 a little cleaning out will do very well for 

 log driving. At present the only mode of 

 transportation is the water buffalo or cari- 

 bao, an animal much weaker than the ox 

 used in American lumbering. There are 

 also the Filipino ponies which are small 

 and lack strength, but there are no Amer- 



pastyear has been only 30,000,000 t 

 board measure. 



"Mr. Ribbentrop, lately retired In 

 tor_ General of the Forests of India, 

 written to us, in reply to an invitation 

 from our Bureau, offering his services for 

 the purpose of devising a rational Eo 

 policy for the Philippines. We are mi 

 pleased at Mr. Ribbentrop's offer, and it 

 is hoped that arrangements can be made to 

 secure his services, as the forest problems 



HAULING LOGS INTO TARLAC, LUZON, P. I. FOUR BUFFALOES AND THREE DRIVERS TO HAUL 



ONE MEDIUM SIZED LOG. TO HAUL ONE LARGE LOG AS MANY AS TWENTY-SI. Y 



BUFFALOES AND DRIVERS IN PROPORTION HAVE BEEN SEEN. 



ican horses in the Philippines except 

 those belonging to the army. There 

 has been some talk of importing ele- 

 phants from India, but as attendants 

 would have to be brought, and condi- 

 tions are so different, the feasibility of 

 the plan is doubted. 



" To show the extent of lumbering 

 operations under present methods it is 

 only necessary to state that the cut of the 



of the Philippines are much the sain. 

 those the Indian foresters have had to 

 contend with. We also hope to secure for 

 a limited period the services ol a few oi 

 the conservators of the Indian fores!- to 

 help out in the inaugural work o\ the 

 Philippines. These men would be espe- 

 cially valuable owing to their practical ex- 

 perience under very similar conditions that 

 are to be met with in the Philippines." 



