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ous enemy. A burrow several feet long 

 is made by a single grub in one season, 

 and 2 or 3 borers in the same trunk may 

 nearly girdle the tree. The bark over the 

 burrow dies, and an ugly naked scar is 

 produced. This is one of the most de- 

 structive of all tree pests, and probably 

 kills more maples than any other insect 

 enemy. 



The maple tree pruner, another insect 

 enemy, is less injurious. The falling twigs, 

 which mark its presence, usually contain 

 the larva and should be collected and 

 burned during the winter. — Editor. 



dacks, practicing what they had studied 

 theoretically in the University. 



PLANTING BURNT AREAS. 



Referring to the paragraph in last 

 month's Recreation about the replanting 

 of burned areas now to be undertaken by 

 the Forestry Division of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, near Pasa- 

 dena, California, it may be of interest to 

 refer to a similar undertaking on this side 

 of the continent. 



The work of reforesting burned over 

 lands in the Adirondacks, begun last year 

 by the College of Forestry on their prop- 

 erty near Axton, by planting 50 acres with 

 pines, spruces, red firs and other coniferous 

 species, is being continued this year on a 

 larger scale. Over 250.000 seedlings were 

 put into the ground early last spring. Prep- 

 aration for extending the work has been 

 made in the establishing of a large nursery, 

 where plant material can be grown more 

 cheaply than it can be bought. The seeds 

 placed in nursery beds last year have pro- 

 duced more than a million seedlings, which 

 will be -ready for transplanting a year 

 hence. The College expects to furnish 

 such plant material to would-be planters 

 throughout the State, as far as the surplus 

 reaches. 



Another promising step in regard to its 

 forest policy has been taken by the State 

 of New York in providing for the em- 

 ployment < oi 3 expert foresters by the 

 Forest, Fish and Game Commission. It is 

 not known yet what policy the new For- 

 estry Commission, which went into office 

 April 25th, will follow. It would be a 

 wise movement., appreciated by all citi- 

 zens, if they would begin the reforesting 

 of the large area of burned over lands now 

 in possesssion of the State, with valuable 

 kinds of timber. 



Another step which suggests itself is 

 the description of the holdings of the 

 State as a basis for propositions of their 

 management. The College of Forestry is 

 now turning out its first graduates, who, 

 as a matter of logical sequence, should 

 find employment by the Forest Commis- 

 sion. 



A class of 8 students, with 2 professors, 

 spent the entire spring term in the Adiron- 



A CRIME AGAINST NATURE. 



The following incident well illustrates 

 the apathy and ignorant opposition of the 

 farmers of New Hampshire to forest con- 

 servation : A few days since a farmer liv- 

 ing in Surry, a few miles North of this city, 

 hauled in to one of the mills here a red oak 

 log of exceptional dimensions, which cal- 

 lipered considerably over a cord, log meas- 

 ure. The log was n feet long, and at the 

 base measured 4 feet 4 inches in diameter. 

 Inquiry revealed the fact that but one log 

 had been, or could be, cut from the tree, as 

 it was comparatively low, with wide over- 

 hanging branches. The rings showed the 

 age of 120 years, and the log was as sound 

 as a nut to the core. Had the tree been left 

 intact its prospects for another century of 

 life would have been excellent. Taking out 

 the expenses of cutting and hauling the 

 log, it is doubtful if it netted the farmer 

 more than $8 at the most, probably less, be- 

 side the firewood obtained from the top 

 branches. Is it not strange that Nature's 

 economy should be thus frustrated by petty 

 human greed? Nature works 120 years to 

 build a beautiful and symmetrical tree, for 

 the delectation of man and the comfort of 

 the beasts of the field ; and all that creative 

 effort is wantonly stopped and. the result 

 destroyed in an hour for a paltry mill log 

 and a little pile of firewood. 



Edward W. Wild, Keene, N. H. 



The spruce trees of Norway and Sweden 

 must be running short, because the supply 

 of wood pulp made from spruce is short 

 in the European market. The German and 

 English mills that made paper from waste 

 cotton cloth are idle, because the old 

 waste is also running short. Pulp is rising 

 rapidly in price, and the price of paper 

 follows it. A syndicate is about to start a 

 mill in Canada that will produce 300 tons 

 daily, from Canadian spruce, for the Euro- 

 pean market. 



Some idea of the extent to which the 

 pulp mills are gnawing away the forests 

 may be obtained from an estimate recently 

 printed in the Paper Mill, one of the lead- 

 ing periodicals devoted to that field, to 

 the effect that in Maine alone the pulp 

 mills will this year consume from 250,- 

 000,000 to 275,000,000 feet of logs. — 

 Fourth Estate. 



Do not fail to contribute to the Lacey 

 watch fund at once. 



