VOL. XIV 



JANUARY, 1908 



No. i 



EDITORIAL 



"National 

 Forests" 

 Not 

 ''Reserves 



were styled 



Old names stick. Prior 

 to the last session of 

 Congress our Govern- 

 mental forest holdings 

 "reserves." At the last 

 session of Congress, happily, this name 

 was changed to "National Forests." 

 In our April issue (page 168) this 

 change was discussed and strongly ap- 

 proved by FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 

 Let the old name die as quickly as pos- 

 sible, and the new take its place. 



A Lumber 



Man's 



Testimony 



Among Secretary Will's 

 auditors at Eau Claire, 

 Wis., on November 12, 

 was one of the leading lumbermen of 

 the State. Following the address, he 

 arose to second the resolution urging 

 the passage of the Appalachian Bill. 

 Among other things, he said in sub- 

 stance : 



'A ou have been shown a slide rep- 

 resenting a forest under proper man- 

 agement. You note that the brush was 

 piled to be bu -ned under supervision. 

 Some years since, our company ap- 

 plied tn tin- Covernment for a piece of 

 forest land. We were told that we 

 could have it only on condition that 

 we handled the brush in this manner. 



\\'c hesitated for some time, regard- 

 ing the proposal as impractical and un- 

 duly expensive. However, having no 

 alternative, we finally accepted the 

 terms. 



"Since then we have tested the mat- 

 ter thoroughly. We are prepared to 

 state that the policy is thoroughly 

 practical and but moderately expen- 

 sive ; and, further, that if, during all 

 the years in which we have been de- 

 nuding this valley, we had operated 

 upon the same plan, piling the brush 

 and burning it so as to prevent forest 

 fires, we should now have growing 

 upon the same land three times as 

 much timber a? we took out." 



From a hard-headed, practical. 

 money-making lumberman, such a 

 testimony is noteworthy. It should be 

 heard and heeded by all who regard 

 forestry principles as "impractical." 

 and by those who still insist that our 

 National Forests should be thrown 

 open to be looted in th* I, old, 



orthodox way. 



Funds for 



Teaching 



Forestry 



A plan to lie urged upon 



gress at the present 

 session is very com- 

 mendable in its promise of beneficial 



