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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Colorado School Sells Land 



On March 1, 1912, Colorado College sold 

 3,240 acres of its Manitou Park Forest Re- 

 serve of 9,560 acres. The land sold was 

 valuable only for agricultural and grazing. 

 There was on it also a summer hotel. The 

 result of this sale is to give the School an 

 excellent beginning for an endowment fund, 

 and to relieve the faculty of much adminis- 

 trative work in connection with the ranch 

 and hotel. The remaining portion of the 

 reserve, 6,320 acres, is practically all tim- 

 bered and Western Yellow Pine and Doug- 

 las Fir. The School retains the group of 

 cottages which have been used as head- 



quarters for field work. The reserve, with 

 its present area, offers excellent opportuni- 

 ties for conducting an object lesson in for- 

 estry. The stand of timber is about 10,000 

 M. feet B. M., and the annual growth about 

 300 or 480 M. feet B. M. 



This spring the senior class has been 

 transferred to the lands of the Castilla Es- 

 tates Development Company in Northern 

 New Mexico for mapping, estimating and 

 the preparation of a working plan. This 

 arrangement not only gives the students op- 

 portunity to see timberlands different from 

 those at and near Manitou Park, but also 

 enables the School to carry out a project 

 which the company has been anxious to have 

 executed. 



RECEIPT FOR A RANGER 



By J. B. CAMMANN 



First get a big kettle and a fire that's 

 hot, 



And when everything's ready throw in- 

 to the pot, 



A doctor, a miner, of lawyers a few, 



At least one sheep herder and cow boy 

 or two. 



Next add a surveyor, and right after 

 that 



A man with some sense, and a good 

 diplomat. 



At least one stone mason, then give it 

 a stir, 



And add to the mess one good car- 

 penter. 



A man that knows trees, and don't 



leave from the list, 

 A telephone man, and a fair botanist. 

 The next one that's added must be 



there, that's a cinch. 

 It's the man that will stay when it 



comes to a pinch. 

 Add a man that will work, and not 



stand round and roar 

 Who can do ten thousand things and 



then just a few more. 

 Now boil it up well and skim off the 



scum, 

 And a Ranger you'll find in the 



residuum. 



DO WE ENCOURAGE FOREST FIRES? 



The destruction caused by forest fires in North Carolina during 1911 was very little less 

 than that reported for 1910, according to a compilation being made by the North Carolina 

 Geological and Economic Survey, and soon to be published. Only one-third of the townships 

 of the State have sent in reports, but enough has been learned from them to show that 

 no great reducion in the annual damage done by fires has taken place. This damage is 

 estimated to approximate $450,000, which includes estimated damage to young growth, which 

 in many cases exceeds the damage done to the standing timber. The number of fires 

 reported was 637, which is slightly less than those reported last year and slightly more than 

 was reported for 1909. 



PAMPHLET ON ARBOR DAY 



The Public Library of Jersey City has just published a useful little pamphlet entitled 

 "Arbor Day and some facts about Trees." This publication is not only a useful handbook 

 for school teachers and the public generally, but is also a valuable contribution to the cause 

 of conservation. The origin and history of Arbor Day and the benefits derived from its 

 observance are briefly stated, and the value of forests and various interesting facts about 

 trees are given in a short, concise form. 



