The Porester. 



Vol. VII. 



OCTOBER, 1 901. 



No. 10. 



NEWS, NOTES, AND COMMENT. 



An Apology. An apology is due the 

 readers of The Forester 

 for the tardy appearance of the September 

 number. The delay was occasioned by 

 very unusual circumstances : the editor on 

 his way home from the Denver meeting had 

 his suit case, containing the copy for the 

 September number, stolen. Thus it was 

 necessary to make up the number a second 

 time. The hard luck did not end at this 

 point, for the suit case also contained 

 copies of all the papers read at the Denver 

 meeting:. Not even the thought that the 

 thief was unable to realize on the contents 

 of the suit case at a pawn-shop can recon- 

 cile us to the loss. Let it be hoped that 

 he was at least an enthusiast on forestry 

 and irrigation, therefore getting some- 

 thing of value for risking a trip to the 

 penitentiary. 



Through the kindness of the authors 

 copies of these papers have been secured, 

 and they will appear in The Forester 

 as rapidly as space will permit. 



state they are very anxious to exploit their 

 forests on scientific lines, cutting the mer- 

 chantable timber in such a way as to in- 

 sure protection to the young growth. A 

 preliminary examination of this large 

 tract will be made by the Bureau, likely 

 in December. 



All things considered this large area of 

 timber land, if handled on the lines which 

 the Bureau will advise, should prove one of 

 the most interesting undertakings in the 

 line of forestry for private owners yet at- 

 tempted in the United States. 



This immense tract, covered with a 

 heavy growth of timber that is in constant 

 demand, with markets by rail and water 

 near at hand, if exploited in a conserva- 

 tive manner, should bring splendid returns 

 to its owners. Adding the fact that the 

 tract is located in a section of the country 

 where tree growth is rapid, it does seem 

 that the owners will act wisely in hand- 

 ling the whole along the lines of scientific 

 forestry. ^ 



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Private For- 

 estry on a 

 Large Scale. 



The latest request received 

 by the Bureau of Forestry 

 for assistance in the hand- 

 ling of private woodlands, 

 is one for a working plan for about 1,- 

 000,000 acres of longleaf pine land in 

 southeastern Texas. This timber land is 

 the property of the Kirby Lumber Company 

 and the Houston Oil Company, of Texas. 

 The holdings of these concerns cover 

 about eighty per cent, of the virgin forest 

 of longleaf pine in Texas. The officials 



U. S. Forest 

 Reserves. 



The feeling that the tech- 

 nical management of the 

 United States forest re- 

 serves should be under the direction o\ 

 the Bureau of Forestry, is becoming wide- 

 spread. The immense areas included in 

 these reserves present a number of Eor- 

 est problems that only trained tore-' 

 can solve. The questions of the regula- 

 tion of grazing, prevention of fires, cut- 

 ting of timber, and caring for the water 

 supply in the reserves are of vital impor- 

 tance to the entire west. In many sections 



