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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Purchase of Lands 



At a meeting recently at the office of the 

 Secretary of War, the National Forest 

 Reservation Commission had under consid- 

 eration the advisability of purchasing lands 

 in Virginia and West Virginia on the head- 

 waters of the Potomac River, in North Car- 

 olina on the headwaters of the Nanthala 

 River, and in the White Mountains in New 

 Hampshire. These are areas in which a 

 large number of tracts have been examined 

 and appreciated by the Forest Service. 



Specific recommendations were made by 

 the service for the purchase of the tracts 

 in Virginia, West Virginia and North Caro- 

 lina, but no final action was taken. 



With reference to the White Mountains 

 final action by the commission cannot be 

 taken until a report is received from the 

 Geological Survey. The director of the sur- 

 vey reported that the field studies are pro- 

 gressing rapidly, and that he hopes to make 

 a report within the next couple of weeks. 



Sequoias for Florida 



Four young scions of the Sequoia Gi- 

 gantea family, which for 5,000 years has 

 made its home exclusively in California, are 

 to be transplanted from the big tree grove 

 in California Redwood Park, Santa Cruz 

 County, to Tallahassee, Florida. 



The request for the trees, four feet high, 

 was made by Governor Gilchrist of Florida, 

 and was granted by Governor Johnson, who 

 authorized State Forester G. M. Homans to 

 superintend their removal from the forest. 



Two of the trees are to be planted in 

 the park surrounding the capitol at Talla- 

 hassee, while the other two will be placed 

 in the grounds surrounding the executive 

 mansion. 



Forester Opposes Engineer 



Questioning the authority of State Engi- 

 neer Lewis of Oregon to issue a permit to 

 F. W. Ross for the appropriation of the 

 waters of the Breitenbush Springs, because 

 they are not ordinary waters, but contain 

 medicinal properties, George H. Cecil, for- 

 ester for the district embracing the National 

 Forest Reserve of Oregon, has written him 

 on the subject. 



He declares that Ross has applied to the 

 Federal Government for the use of the lands 

 where the springs are located as he con- 

 templates laying some pipelines and building 

 some bath houses. Under the statutes of the 



United States, he says, it is his opinion that 

 the only waters over which the State exer- 

 cises jurisdiction are those used for power, 

 domestic and irrigation purposes. 



Arousing Forest Interest 



With 800,000 acres of unimproved farm 

 land in New York State, which is the best 

 adapted for the growing of forests, the 

 State Conservation Commission is endeavor- 

 ing to arouse interest throughout the State 

 as to the importance of planting trees for 

 reforestation purposes. The commission has 

 arranged a table showing the amounts of 

 land in which this work can be carried on, 

 devoting these tracts to the purpose for 

 which nature intended them. 



Forest Reserve Receipts 



The Senate Committee on Agriculture has 

 adopted an amendment to the agriculture 

 appropriation bill providing that 25 per cent 

 of receipts from forest reserves shall be 

 spent on reserves where moneys originate, 

 for construction of roads. Also an amend- 

 ment increasing direct appropriation for 

 road construction in reserves to $225,000. 

 Another amendment adopted appropriates 

 $35,000 for fighting alfalfa weevil and 

 $15,000 for studying sugar beet insect pests. 



Seedling Distribution 



Prof. J. Fred Baker, head of the Michigan 

 Agricultural College Forestry Department, 

 says the distribution of seedling forest trees 

 this season has exceeded the records of all 

 former years. Up to date 100,230 seedlings 

 have been sent out and the distribution will 

 continue as long as there are any trees left. 

 The orders are not as large as in former 

 years, but there are more orders and they 

 have been coming largely from the southern 

 and eastern sections of the State for the 

 development of farm wood lots. The col- 

 lege is issuing bulletins of instruction on the 

 care of wood lots. 



The junor students in the forestry depart- 

 ment are being placed for their summer 

 work. Four have been found places in Cali- 

 fornia, four in Colorado, fourteen in Mon- 

 tana and two in Arkansas. The young men 

 will receive $50 a month. The sophomore 

 class will spend the summer in camp on the 

 David . Ward estate from June 19 to Aug- 

 ust 10, and will study surveying and timber 

 cruising. 



THE PHILIPPINE FORESTS 



The forests of the Philippines, according to official figures, contain 200,000,000 board 

 feet of lumber, half as much is in the forest reserves of the United States, but on one-eighth 

 the area. 



BOSTON'S TREE PLANTING 



The city of Boston has appropriated $25,000 for expenditure in tree planting and main- 

 tenance. Half of the amount is to be expended on trees already planted and the other half 

 is to be used for setting out additional trees. 



