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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



purchased only at considerable cost. 

 The best trees for starting a woodlot 

 are one year old seedlings, which can 

 easily be grown from seed by the 

 farmer himself. Every farm should 

 have a forest nursery for growing trees 

 for starting forest plantings. Such a 

 nursery can also be used to grow larger 

 trees for planting about the house, 

 along the roads and for making wind- 



breaks. It should be located on well 

 drained fertile soil such as might be 

 selected for a garden. Where the 

 space can be spared a portion of the 

 vegetable garden makes an ideal nur- 

 sery site. The soil should not be made 

 excessively rich, as too fertile a soil 

 will produce a rank growth in the 

 seedlings, making them difficult to han- 

 dle in transplanting. 



AROUSING SCHOOL CHILDREN 



ONE MILLION circulars on the 

 prevention of forest fires are 

 now being sent out from Phila- 

 delphia to the schools of Pennsylvania 

 for distribution among pupils. It is 

 planned to place at least one in the 

 hands of each school boy and girl in 

 the state; any other persons who wish 

 one or more copies can easily obtain 

 them. 



The circulars, which teach the fire 

 prevention in a practical way, are the 

 result of co-operation among the Penn- 

 sylvania Forestry Association, the 

 Pennsylvania Conservation Associa- 

 tion, the Philadelphia Museum and Le- 

 high University. 



On the first page are indorsements by 

 the state superintendent of public in- 

 struction, Nathan C. Schaeffer; the 

 commissioner of forestry, Robert S. 

 Conklin, and Governor Tener. 



To print the million copies of this 

 circular, which is merely a four-page, 

 6x9 folder, required more than five 

 tons of paper and 125 pounds of ink. 

 It is printed in red and black. 



Cuts in the leaflet show a raging for- 

 est fire, such as one cigarette or one 

 match will start; while a cartoon is 

 printed showing "the fool who rocks 

 the boat," "the fool that didn't know it 

 was loaded," and various other fools 

 salaaming to "The Prize Fool the 

 Fool That Tosses Away a Lighted 

 Match in the Woods." 



Warnings against carlessness with 

 fire in the woods and a list of practical 

 things to do, and another list of what 

 not to do, are printed, together with 

 concise information as to the indirect 

 and economic loss which results 

 through forest fires as well as the di- 

 rect loss. 



Copies of this circular are distributed 

 free of charge from the Pennsylvania 

 Conservation Association, Harrisburg; 

 the Pennsylvania Forestry Association, 

 1012 Walnut Street, Philadelphia; the 

 Philadelphia Commercial Museum, 

 Philadelphia, and Lehigh University, 

 South Bethlehem. 



FORESTRY CONFERENCE IN THE WHITE 



MOUNTAINS 



aNDER the auspices of the So- 

 ciety for the Protection of New 

 Hampshire forests, and the New 

 Hampshire Forestry Commission, the 

 Annual Forestry Conference in the 

 White Mountains will occur this year 

 at Bretton Woods, Thursday and Fri- 

 day, July 18 and 19, 1912. There will 

 be a preliminary day at North Wood- 



stock, N. H., in order to visit the new 

 purchase by the Society for the Pro- 

 tection of New Hampshire Forests at 

 Lost River, and a meeting at the Deer 

 Park Hotel in North Woodstock Village 

 on the evening of that day. The North- 

 Eastern Foresters, an organization that 

 includes the State Foresters, the in- 

 structors in Forestry, and a few other 



