FORESTRY ^Dp RELATE) ITEII3 OF IHTSRD3T. 



Tho lost number of the Porest ^uartcrlj (Vol. ZIII Mo. 4) 

 reports in full the address v$ T.B.iZTTlaf, Assistant Professor 

 of Forestry at the University of Toronto, before the Canadian 

 Society of Porest Engineers. The address is an admirable one, 

 and is to some extent applicable also to the United States. 

 Although the people of the Unite C States hare come to a fuller 

 appreciation of the need of technical experts In all of its 

 scientific projects such as Forestry, irrigation, improvement 

 of waterways, hi^h^ays and sanitation, It Is still true of a 

 trained forester here as in Canada that fie must "on the one 

 hand convince the nation of the vital connection which exists 

 between national prosperity and the conservation of forest re- 

 sources, and on the other he must demonstrate his fitness for 

 handling the Nation's forests In an efficient manner." 



The January issue of American Forestry contains an eye- 

 opening article by Ur. Graves on the Forests of .ilaska. Hot 

 California - nor Oregon nor T.'ashington - has a monopoly on 

 the fine conifers of the west coast, as both illustrations and 

 tes-fc of this article show, Her axe all the Porest fires with- 

 in the main United States. And the Forester proposes to take 

 care of those Alaska forests. If you doubt it, glance at the 

 illustration of big timber on tho Tongass. Wo all know Mr. 

 Graves was a good fighter, but we did not expect to have a pho- 

 tographer catch him In the act. 



There Is also an inter cs\;ln article in this number on 

 the national Parks, by the Honorable Franklin Lake, Secretary 

 of the Interior; and one on the Sequoia Dational Park by Mark 

 Daniels. Indeed It is such a fine issue that once more rangers 

 are rercindc'l that these ma^-azincs, though they oomo to the Su- 

 pervisor's office, are for tho whole force, and a number will 

 be sent to any member, on request. m 



The national" Wool Grower for January is tho "convention 

 number,' 1 and a very practical and Interesting* lot of address- 

 es arc given in full. President Eaccnbarth, in the course of 

 his address gives muoli credit to tho Department for its exper- 

 iments In connection with the brocflin~ and fcef.in;; of lambs, 

 and cvcs much praise tc the Forest Service for its management 

 of sheep grazing problems. Ur.'ulll C. Barnes of tlie Service tells 

 of the experiments on the forest ranges with Improved systems 

 of herding, deferred use of part of the range and other cooper- 

 ative work. F....Ellcuwood of Red Bluff, California, one of the 

 mcsi progressive and successful of California sheep men, gives 



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