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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



February 



region towards forestry has taken 

 place, as the result of a better under- 

 standing of its methods and its pur- 

 poses. 



An important result of the past sea- 

 son's work was the practical demon- 

 stration that it is most effective and 

 most economical 'to pile and. burn 

 brush and debris, so far as practica- 

 ble, as fast as the logging proceeds. 

 When the burning can not be imme- 

 diately done, the brush should be 

 kept cleaned up and compactly piled 

 close behind the logging. It can then 

 be burned at a time when there is no 

 danger of the fire spreading or getting 

 beyond control. 



In Minnesota, 1904 was a good seed 

 vea'r for both white and Norway pine. 



Moreover, in many places, in addition 

 to the 5 per cent, of seed trees re- 

 served, there remains after the cutting 

 and brush burning a good stand of 

 young pine too small to be cut, which 

 will now take on more rapid growth. 

 Thus reforestation may be said to have 

 already begun. 



The second and final selection of 

 lands to constitute the Minnesota Na- 

 tional Forest Reserve will be made as 

 soon as all Indian allotments have 

 been completed, the flowage lines of 

 the War Department's reservoirs in 

 this locality have been definitely fixed, 

 and the question of the status of the 

 lands selected as swamp lands, which 

 inure to the State of Minnesota under 

 the Federal law, has been definitely 

 settled. 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS 



English Estate Forestry. By A. C. FOKBES. 

 Pp. 332. Illustrated. (Edwin Arnold, 

 London.) Longmans, Green & Co., Ameri- 

 can agents, New York. 



This handsome volume is from the pen 

 of a well-known English forester. He de- 

 scribes the beginnings of English forestry, 

 its present condition and its future pros- 

 pects. There are highly instructive chap- 

 ters on the most profitable English timber 

 trees and their silvicultural treatment ; also 

 on planting and regeneration, thinning and 

 pruning. Landscape forestry naturally 

 comes in for careful discussion, and a sug- 

 gestive chapter on park timber and ave- 

 nues adds much value to the volume. A 

 number of excellent photogravures heighten 

 the beauty of a well-printed book. It is a 

 book that, although describing English es- 

 tate forestry, should be of considerable 

 value to Americans in these days of rising 

 interest in country life and homes. 



Musk Ox, Bison, Sheep, and Goat. By 

 CASPAR WHITNEY and others. American 

 Sportsman's Library. Illustrated. Price 

 $2. The Macmillan Company, New York. 



This is the latest volume in the excellent 

 series of sporting books being issued under 

 the general title of the American Sports- 

 man's Library, with the able editorship of 

 Mr. Caspar Whitney. Mr. Whitney, along 

 '.\ itli George Bird Grinnell and Owen 

 Wister, have written the various chapters 

 that go to make up the volume. It records 

 in an accurate and interesting manner the 



characteristics, range, habits, etc., of these 

 rapidly disappearing animals. These names 

 are sufficient guarantee of the book's ac- 

 curacy, and should give it a place in the 

 library of alb sportsmen. 



With the Trees. By MAUD GOING. Pp. 335. 

 Illustrated. Price SI. 00. The Baker and 

 Taylor Co., New York. 



Miss Going, author of "With the Wild 

 Flowers" and "Field, Forest and Wayside," 

 in her latest book, "With the Trees," has 

 produced a pleasing and instructive untech- 

 nical volume for the general reader. With 

 its bright, entertaining style and its many 

 apropos illustrations, it should do much to 

 stimulate a greater love for and interest 

 in our forests. 



Mineral Resources of the United States ; Cal- 

 endar Year 1903. By DAVID T. DAY, Chief 

 of Division of Mining and Mineral Re- 

 sources, U. S. Geological Survey. Pp. 

 r_'o4. Washington. Government Print- 

 ing Office, 1904. 



Besides mining and mineral statistical 

 matter for the calendar year 1903, there is 

 contained in this volume considerable de- 

 scriptive and technical matter, obtained 

 while the statistical canvass was in progress. 

 The report should be very valuable to the 

 miner and geologist, and the tabulated mat- 

 ter is of interest to the layman. This is 

 the twentieth annual report published by 

 the Mining Division. 





