626 AMERICAN FORESTRY 



There is a broad and growing field canal building, Goethals; in railroad 



for the logging engineer in the West, building, Hill. Why not in the great 



Every other large industry can point lumber business which ranks among the 



to its leaders: In electricity, Edison; in first of the world's mighty industries? 



OUR TIMBER EXPORTS 



OFFICIAL statistics of exports of fallen from 531,634,000 ft. exported in 



forest products from United 1!) 10-11 to 438,021,000 ft. for last year. 



States ports during the year end- The loss is not attributable to any 



ing June 30, 1912, show an increase in marked individual reduction, but is 



value of over $4,000,000. The total spread over all the consuming markets, 



value for the year under review In lumber the figures for Canada show 



amounts to $96,782,186, as compared the large increase of 49,736,000 ft. over 



with $92,225,951 for the preceding year, the 403,285,000 ft. of the preceding 



The increase is due to expansion of year ; South America took the enormous 



trade in boards, deals, planks, joists, addition of 139,683,000* ft. over 1911 ; 



and scantling which account for more British Oceana 31,937,000 ft. ; Nether- 



than half the total export; the figures lands 20,728,000 ft.; United Kingdom 



are 2,340,909,000 ft. for 1912, against 10,104,000 ft. (from 216,433,000 ft. to 



2,060,965,000 ft 'for the preceding year. 226,537,000 ft.). On the other hand 



The advantage thus gained not only shipments to China show a falling off of 



makes up for the decrease in the ex- 37,945,000 ft. ; Africa a loss of 10,001,- 



port figures for timber but shows a 000 ft. ; Cuba 8,925,000 ft. ; Italy 5,818,- 



substantial increase on the combined 000 ft. ; Belgium 4,466,000 ft. ; France 



figures. Timber, hewn and sawn, has 3,758,000 ft.; Germany 2,983,000 ft. 



BOY SCOUTS TO PLANT TREES 



^ T H. McGILLIVRAY, Deputy free of charge. "When a scout or a 



ff LForest Warden of Michigan, un- company of scouts," writes McGilliv- 



^~^^der the direction of Major Will- ray, "makes a showing in planting the 



iam R. Oates, who organized the Mich- seedlings we put an honor medal on 



igan Forest Scouts, including the Boy each scout for service. 



Scouts of America, has worked out an- "Permit me to suggest that it would 



other plan for showing the boy scouts be a splendid thing if you could work 



how to be of help to the nation. Me- your scouts with the State Forestry 



Gillivray is planning to have 5,000 boys Warden of the forest districts in fire 



plant pine seedlings next year. The protection and reforestation. Here in 



planting will be done on the land from Michigan, for the present at least, we 



which trees have just been cut down, must maintain the integrity of our 



The seedlings are secured from the State organization, but there is no 



Agricultural College plantation, and the reason why you could not line up all 



railroads deliver them to the boy scouts the other States in this service." 



