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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



October, 



of South Dakota and the New Mexican 

 Rockies, for planting on the Dismal 

 River Forest Reserve in Nebraska. 

 The red juniper seed, to be used in the 

 same way, are to be obtained from the 

 Platte River region, and the jack pine 

 seed from central Minnesota. A large 

 seed bed has already been completed on 

 the Dismal River Reserve and is now 

 in readiness for planting. 



Mr. J. W. Riggs, of Waterloo, Kan- 

 sas, an agent of the Bureau of Forestry, 

 is collecting conifer seed in New Mexico 

 for trial planting in the drier portions 

 of southwestern Kansas and Oklahoma. 

 There is strong evidence that the coni- 

 fers which are inured to hot dry situa- 

 tions in the eastern Rockies will thrive 

 on the southwestern plains, and Mr. 

 Riggs expects to give the matter a 

 thorough test. 



As stated in the September number of 

 Forestry and Irrigation, the New 

 York Forest, Fish, and Game Commis- 

 sion has decided to establish a state 

 nursery for the propagation of seedling 

 trees, which are to be used in reforest- 

 ing denuded areas in the state forest re- 

 serve. Several parties in charge of the 

 foresters employed by the Commission 

 have been collecting red spruce seed, 

 and the}' have secured about 200 bushels 

 of cones. In the September number, 

 in calling attention to this work, it was 

 erroneously stated that this is not a seed 

 year for Red Spruce. It is not, how- 

 ever, a seed year for White Pine. 



ville, N. C. , on October 25. This meet- 

 ing, suggested by the Asheville Board 

 of Trade, has been taken up by the 

 Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, the 

 Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, the 

 Newport Board of Trade, and the di- 

 rectors of the Appalachian National 

 Park Association. Prof. J. A. Holmes 

 and other well-known speakers will ad- 

 dress the convention. 



The Tennessee Forest Association will 

 hold its annual meeting at Knoxville on 

 November 12. 



The scope of work of 

 the Bureau of Forestry 

 has been broadened by 

 the recent organization 

 of Forest Products, of 

 Olmsted has been 



Timber Tests 

 of Native 

 Trees. 



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A convention in the in- 

 terests of the proposed 

 Appalachian National Forest Reserve 

 has been arranged to be held at Ashe- 



of a Division 

 which Frederick E. 

 appointed chief. 



A series of strength tests of timbers 

 will be made in collaboration with the 

 Bureau of Chemistry. Western timbers 

 of whose strength no exact knowledge 

 has ever been obtained will receive spe- 

 cial attention. The Bureau of Forestrj^ 

 has bought a Riehle testing machine, 

 powerful enough to try the cross- 

 breaking strength of a beam 1 2 by 12 

 inches, 16 feet long. The machine's 

 capacity is 200,000 pounds, and it is 

 fitted with an autographic and automatic 

 attachment. Tests are now being made 

 of timbers of the size used in heavy con- 

 struction work. At present the timber 

 used is bought in the market. Eater 

 tests will be made of timbers sawed from 

 trees selected from the forest, in order 

 to establish, if possible, the effect of 

 dilTerent localities and conditions of 

 growth on the quality and strength of 

 the wood. 



FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FORESTS. 

 AN IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE STATE FOREST ASSOCIATION. 



THE Society for the Protection of 

 New Hampshire Forests recently 

 held an important meeting at Concord, 

 N. H., at which steps were taken for 

 the establishment of a reservation in the 

 White Mountain region. A number of 



distinguished speakers were present 

 from New York, Massachusetts, and 

 other states, which made the gathering 

 a notable one. The widely distributed 

 use of the White Mountains makes them 

 a national breathing spot, and the dis- 



