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THE FORESTER. 



Novembei 



ber Company, of Pine Bluff. Another 

 interesting piece of work just completed 

 by the Bureau of Forestry is a working 

 plan for a tract of 60,000 acres in south- 

 eastern Missouri, belonging to the Deer- 

 ing Harvester Company of Chicago. 



During the summer the agents of the 

 Bureau of Forestry have been at work col- 

 lecting the necessary data for a working 

 plan for S^ooo acres in Polk and Monroe 

 counties, East Tennessee. This tract is 

 the property of U. S. Senator George 

 Peabody Wetmore, of Rhode Island, and 

 the timber consists of a wide range of 

 hardwoods. A working plan has also 

 been made during the past field season for 

 a tract of 60,000 acres in the Cumberland 

 mountains of Tennessee. 



In addition to more than a million and 

 a half acres of private forest land in the 

 South, the Bureau of Forestry has requests 

 for the handling of more than 2,500,000 

 acres in other sections. Added to this are 

 nearly 50,000,000 acres of United States 

 forest reserves and state lands, for which 

 the Bureau is asked for technical assistance 

 from time to time. 



Not only have the people throughout the 

 country shown interest in practical forestry, 

 but Congress at its last session so far recog- 

 nized the importance of the government's 

 work in this line as to raise the Division of 

 Forestry to the rank of a Bureau. The 

 annual appropriation was also increased 

 from $88,520 in 1900 to $185,440 in 1901. 

 Still the demands upon the Bureau con- 

 tinue to greatly outstrip its resources. 



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A Good 

 Example. 



A rather unique forest ex- 

 hibit is being displayed on 

 the bulletin board in the 

 Plainfield (N. J.) Public Library. 



The exhibit consists of eighteen speci- 

 mens of wood grown under the direction 

 of the State Forester on an eight-acre piece 

 of land in southern New Jersey, and repre- 

 sents the uniform growth of two years. 

 The specimens measure a little less than a 

 foot in length, and are suspended by twine 

 from one end of the bulletin board to the 

 other. The specimens are numbered and 

 a key and explanatory notes accompany 

 them. 



Above the specimens hangs the colored 

 chart of the U. S. Bureau of Forestry, 

 entitled, "Lessons in Erosion due to 



Forest Destruction," and below is given a 

 list of books in the library on the subject 

 of forestry, among them being the file of 

 the Forester. Emma L. Adams, the 

 librarian, makes the excellent suggestion 

 that public libraries might render a great 

 deal of assistance in this way in making 

 forestry more popular with readers. 



Duties of Capt. Seth Bullock, su- 



Foiest Rangers, pervisor of the Black 

 Hills forest reserve, has 

 issued instructions to the forest rangers 

 under his charge, that deserve more than 

 passing notice. Capt. Bullock was form- 

 erly sheriff of Deadwood, S. D., in the old 

 days when nerve and bravery were required, 

 and is a personal friend of President 

 Roosevelt. A copy of his list of instruc- 

 tions has reached the notice of the Presi- 

 dent, who admires its business-like tenor. 

 The notice is as follows : 



"Deadwood, S. D., Sept. 4, 1901. 

 " To Forest Rangers, 



" Black Hills Forest Reserve : 



" Sirs: Your attention is called to the 

 fact that in a number of instances the 

 monthly reports of the forest rangers of 

 this reserve show but a few miles travelled 

 per day while patrolling their districts. 

 From two to ten miles frequently appear 

 as all that is accomplished, no other work 

 being undertaken or reported as having 

 been performed. 



" You are advised that a forest ranger 

 is supposed to patrol his district on horse- 

 back, and that the patrolling of districts 

 on foot will not be permitted. A few 

 monthly reports very few, I am glad to 

 say indicate that that particular ranger 

 performs as little service as he can during 

 the month, just enough to have his report 

 approved and escape censure. Rangers of 

 this class must not be disappointed if they 

 are furloughed this fall, and an additional 

 leave of absence granted them next sum- 

 mer. Shiftless, careless work will not be 

 tolerated in the future. An honest day's 

 work honestlv performed is what is re- 

 quired and will be insisted upon. 



" You are expected to thoroughly patrol 

 your district, getting to every part of it at 

 least once a month, familarizing yourselves 

 with every trail and every road upon or 

 through it; by whom and for what pur- 

 poses they are used. You should also 



