FORESTRY. 



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Study of results of forest planting, East- 

 ern South Dakota— J. M. Fetherolf, Sioux 

 Falls, S. D. ; assistants, J. P. Wentlmg, H 

 B. Holroyd, S. G. Smith, O. T. Swan, and 

 L. von Wernstedt. 



Inspection of field work — G. L. Clothier. 

 (Also in Illinois and Nebraska, and pre- 

 paring of planting plans in Oregon.) 



TEXAS. 



Working plan and planting plan for New 

 York and Texas Land and Cattle Com- 

 pany,, in Western Texas, in cooperation 

 with the company— H. H. Chapman, Ama- 

 rilla, Texas. Party from Forest Extension, 

 J. Fred Baker, W. B. Hadley and A. S. 

 Peck. 



Investigation of different methods of pil- 

 ing and laying ties, and tests of special 

 forms of ties, in cooperation with Southern 

 Pacific arid Sante Fe railroads — Frank 

 Tompkins, Somerville, Tex. 



Tie-seasoning experiments, in cooperation 

 with the Southern Pacific and Sante Fe 

 railroads— H. J. Brown, Silsbee, Tex.; 

 assistant, C. E. Feagin. 



Study of forest conditions of the Big 

 Thicket country— Prof. W. L. Bray, Aus- 

 tin, Tex. 



UTAH. 



Study of forest reproduction preparatory 

 to fores"t planting, Salt Lake Forest Re- 

 serve—A. F. Hawes, Salt Lake City, Utah; 

 assistant, C. D. Mell. 



WASHINGTON. 



Working plan for Weyerhaeuser Timber 

 Company in Washington, in co-operation 

 with the company — C. S. Chapman, care 

 Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Tacoma, 

 Wash.; assistant, H. D. Everett. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 



Working plan for the United States Coal 

 and Oil Company, in co-operation with the 

 company— R. C. Hawley, W. Va. ; assist- 

 ants, C. H. Farnum, A. O. Waha, F. A. 

 Silcox, J. B. Dumont, C. A. Mathewson, 

 and C. J. Buck. 



WISCONSIN. 



Study of forest conditions in co-opera- 

 tion with the State— E. M. Griffith, Madi- 

 son, Wis. ; assistant, R. F. Nash. 



WYOMING. 



Study of lodgepole pine— P. G. Reding- 

 ton, Moran,Wyo. 



Regional Studies, 

 new england. 

 Preparation of plants in co-operation 

 with landowners (also in Ohio Valley) — 

 S. B. Detwiller. 



EASTERN STATES, 



Location and measurements of perma- 

 nent sample plots — Prof. H. S. Graves, 

 Milford, Pa.; assistant, Q. H. Myers. 



Inspection of experiments in wood pres- 

 ervation — Henry Grinnell. 



SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. 



Studies of Southern hardwoods — Walter 

 Mulford, in Tennessee; assistants, W. B. 



Greeley, preliminary examinations in Ten- 

 nessee ; H. D. Foster, preliminary examin- 

 ations in North Carolina; H. G. Merrill, 

 with working-plan party on tract of United 

 States Coal and Oil Company in West Vir- 

 ginia ; J. S. Holmes, commercial tree study 

 at Townsend, Tenn. ; assistants, D. Skeels, 

 T. A. Casey, J. R. Weir, J. E. Gow, H. D. 

 Burrall, W. H. Kempfer, J. E. Lagdameo. 



MIDDLE WEST. 



Study of second growth — R. G, Zon. 

 Woodlot examinations — W. G. Weigle. 



WESTERN STATES. 



Seasoning and treating experiments in 

 Washington, Wyoming, New Mexico, and 

 Texas, in co-operation with the Northern 

 Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Sante Fe 

 railroads — R. P. Imes ; headquarters, Mis- 

 souri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, Mo. 



Tie-seasoning experiments on lodgepole 

 pine and Western hemlock, Sheridan, 

 Wyo., and Tacoma, Wash., in co-operation 

 with Northern Pacific Railroad, H. B. 

 Eastman. 



Examination of lands for. new forest re- 

 serves, additions to existing forest reserves, 

 and releases of reserved lands. 



In Montana and Wyoming— Coert Du 

 Bois ; assistants, Elers Koch, J. H. Hat- 

 ton, and W. H. B. Kent. 



In Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and 

 Arizona — R. E. Benedict; assistant, R. V. 

 R. Reynolds. 



In Washington, Oregon, and California 

 — H. J. Tompkins ; assistants, R. B. Wilson 

 and F. W. Reed. 



Study of forest grazing — A. F. Potter. 



RAILROAD TIES. 

 The annual consumption of ties on the 

 203,132 miles of railroad track in this coun- 

 try is 114,000,000. Every year finds it hard- 

 er for the railroads to get their supply. 

 Granite, metal and concrete ties have been 

 experimented with but nowhere perma- 

 nently adopted and the indications are that 

 wooden ties are not soon to be displaced. 

 In Europe the railroads have for a long 

 time been treating their ties by various 

 chemical processes which have more than 

 trebled their lives, but so far this country 

 has been loath to bear the extra expense 

 of preserving ties. The Bureau of Forestry 

 has been conducting experiments along 

 these lines for some time. The latest re- 

 sults of these investigations are given in 

 Bulletin 50 of the Bureau : Cross Tie Forms 

 and Rail Fastenings with Special Refer- 

 ence to Treated Timbers, by Dr. Hermann 

 von Schrenk. 



William Tell was boasting of his steady 

 nerve. 



"Yes," said a friend, "I know about that 

 apple incident, but did your wife ever find 

 a yellow hair on your coat?" 



And Bill shut up. — Milwaukee Sentinel. 



