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soil. The economic feature is not the most serious, for along 

 with it goes a moral or social problem which should be given 

 attention by the state. The family placed on such lands and 

 remaining there must in the end develop an undesirable type 

 of citizen. It is impossible to secure the social advantages of 

 school, church, etc., which may be had in better organized 

 communities. 



FORESTRY PERIODICALS. 



The Journal of the Board of Agriculture (England) for 

 December, 1908, contains an article on "The Large Larch Saw- 

 fly" (Nematus erichsonii), by C. Gordon Hewitt, M.Sc, F.E.S., 

 giving the result of the author's study of the insect. The article 

 is supplementary to the accounts of A. S. Packard and R. S. 

 MacDougall, the latter of which was published in the same 

 magazine for October, 1906. The male insect is described at 

 some length; these are somewhat rare, reproduction being 

 almost entirely by parthenogenesis. Out of 300 cocoons observed, 

 298 females and only two males emerged. The life history of the 

 insect is given in detail; Mr. Hewitt found five moults (hence 

 six larval stages) usual in the larvae he observed, instead of the 

 three moults mentioned by Packard. A general description of 

 the attack and its effects is given, together with a scheme of its 

 occurrence in the Lake district (with map). Means of detecting 

 an attack by the insect, its natural enemies (the small field vole, 

 Microtus agrestis, is one of the most active of these), its insect 

 parasites and remedial and preventive methods are discussed at 

 length. Four good illustrations accompany the article. 



The British Columbia Lumber, Logging and Forestry Asso- 

 ciation has recently been formed, absorbing the British Columbia 

 Chamber of Commerce and Forestry. A. B. McRae, of the 

 Eraser River Saw Mills, Limited, is President. 



A bill has been introduced in the Maine Legislature pro- 

 viding for a state forest commission, consisting of a state 

 forester at a salary of $2,500 per year, and six assistant 

 foresters at $1,500 per year. 



