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The National Geographic Magazine 



THE FARM WOODLOT 

 BY FRANK G. MILLER, 



U. S. BUREAU OF FORESTRY 



In Mr Miller's opinion, the planting 

 of forest trees for protection and orna- 

 ment is commendable, but too much 

 planting has been done with these ob- 

 jects alone in view. Too little attention 

 has been paid to planting trees for profit, 

 and to this omission is frequently due a 

 failure to attain fully the other two ob- 

 jects mentioned. A well-kept woodlot 

 is not only a source of revenue in the 

 posts, cordwood, and materials for farm 

 repairs it furnishes, but it gives charac- 

 ter and adds beauty to the home. The 

 appreciating prices of the products of 

 the woodlot, the ease with which such 

 a plantation lends itself to rational man- 



agement, and the increasing interest in 

 timber culture growing up among the 

 farming classes all argue in favor of ex- 

 tensive commercial planting. If estab- 

 lished on an economic basis and then 

 properly handled, the farm forest plan- 

 tation can be made to yield a net inconie 

 equal to that which can be realized from 

 agricultural crops. 



The lack of intelligent care of the 

 natural woodlot is responsible for its 

 failure to be productive and remuner- 

 ative. Mr Miller suggested the proper 

 manner in which the forest plantation 

 upon the farm should be handled to pro- 

 duce the best results. 



GEOGRAPHIC NOTES 



THE BALDWIN-ZIEGLER ARCTIC 

 PEDITION 



EX- 



PRELIMINARY press reports and 

 private dispatches give some indi- 

 cation of the outcome of the Arctic ex- 

 pedition led by Evelyn B. Baldwin and 

 financed by William Ziegler. Perhaps 

 the fullest account of the work, difficul- 

 ties, and results of the expedition is that 

 contained in the following telegrams: 



REUTER'S AGENCY DISPATCH 



This year's work has been successful. 

 An enormous depot of condensed foods 

 has been established bjr sledge on Rudolf 

 Land within sight of the Italian Expe- 

 dition's headquarters. A second depot 

 has been formed in latitude 8i° 33', and 

 a third depot at Kane Lodge, Greely 

 Island, which has been newly charted 

 as near the 81st degree of latitude. 

 These large depots, together with the 



houses and stores left at Camp Ziegler, 

 as well as provisions for the five ponies 

 and 150 good dogs now on board, be- 

 sides the pack itself, will afford means 

 for a large Polar dash party next year. 

 The fact that all the channels through 

 Franz Josef Land remained blocked by 

 ice during the autumn of 1901 prevented 

 the establishment of depots by steamer 

 last year. The breaking up of the ice 

 earl}' in June compelled us to use our 

 reserve suppl)' of coal, and hence our 

 departure from Camp Ziegler on July 1 

 in order not to imperial the expedition. 

 We dispatched 15 balloons with 300 

 messages in June. We have obtained 

 the first moving pictures of Arctic life. 

 We discovered Nansen's hut, recover- 

 ing the original document left there, 

 and securing paintings of the hut. We 

 have also secured marine collections for 

 the National Museum, new charts, etc. 

 Thirty men, with 13 ponies, 170 dogs. 



