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ject that they gave their pupils three months' work on forestry, 

 and as many as eight essays were received from one school. The 

 plan of offering a prize for the best essay has met with such 

 success that the board has decided to offer prizes in 1912. The 

 subject will be: "Woodlot conditions in the county in which I re- 

 side and suggestions for their improvement." 



Circular Letters. — Several inquiries asking the title of books on 

 forestry and conservation suggested the idea of writing the 

 librarians of the State. Accordingly, on January 17, 1911, a cir- 

 cular letter was mailed to the librarian of each library of the State 

 calling his attention to the increased interest in the subjects of for- 

 estry and conservation and asking him to supply his readers with 

 literature covering these subjects. The following list was sent as 

 a suggestion: 



CHOICE BOOKS ON FORESTRY. 



Practical Forestry, by John Gifford. D. Appleton & Co., 1902 $1 25 



A First Book of Forestry, by Filibert Roth. Giun & Co., 1902 1 25 



A Primer of Forestry, by Gifford Pinchot, Parts 1 and 2, Bulletin 24, 



U. S. Division of Forestry. 

 North American Forests and Forestry, by Bruncken, Putnam & Sons, 



1908 2 00 



Handbook of the Trees of the Northern States and Canada, by 



Hough, 1907. Published by author, Lowville, N. Y 8 00 



Economics of Forestry, by Fernow. Crowell & Co., fourth edition.. 1 50 

 History of Forestry, by Fernow. University Press, Toronto, 1907. ... 2 75 



Care of Trees, by Fernow. Holt & Co., 1910 2 00 



Trees of the Northern United States, by Apgar. 1892. American 



Book Co 1 00 



Manual of the Trees of North America, by Sargent. Houghton, Mifflin 



Co 6 00 



Report of the National Conservation Commission, three vols., 1909, 



Senate Document 676. Obtained through your Senator. 

 The Conservation of Natural Resources in the United States, by 



Chas R. Van Rise. Macmillan Co., 1910 2 00 



American Forestry, monthly magazine, published by American For- 

 estry Association, Washington 1 00 



Publications of the Department of Forestry of the U. S, 

 Publications of the Department of Forestry, Minnesota, New York, 

 Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Wis- 

 consin, and others. 

 Plant Life of Maryland, Vol. 3, published by the Weather Service 



of Maryland. 

 The Forestry Reports of Indiana, Coulter's "The Forest Trees of 

 Indiana," in the Trans. Ind. Horticultural Society for 1891, and 

 Coulter's "Catalogue of Indiana Plants," published in Indiana 

 Geological Report for 1899. 

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