1903 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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STEPS IN THE FELLING OF A CALIFORNIA REDWOOD : I. THE UNDERCUT. 2. IN THE ACT 

 OF FALLING. 3. BUTT OF LOG, PEELED OF ITS BARK. 4. THE STUMP. 



some areas in Rhode Island and Con- 

 necticut will be made this summer by 

 the Bureau of Forestry. The work 

 will begin near Mt. Monadnock. This 

 will be a continuation of the work begun 

 last year. 



Personnel 

 Changes 

 in Bureau of 

 Forestry. 



Dr. John Gifford, for- 

 merly assistant profes- 

 sor in the New York 

 State College of For- 

 estry at Cornell Univer- 

 sity, will shortly leave this country in 



order to investigate the new Luquillo 

 Forest Reserve in the eastern part of 

 the Island of Porto Rico. This reserve 

 was established only last January, and 

 Dr. Gifford' s investigation will have an 

 important bearing on its management. 

 Dr. Hermann von Schrenk has been 

 appointed chief of the Division of Forest 

 Products, the appointment to take effect 

 July i. In his new position he will 

 have charge of the work in dendro-chem- 

 istry, timber tests, and wood preserva- 

 tion, which includes the experiments in 

 railroad work for the preservation of 



