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OUTING 
MAGAZINE 
FOR DECEMBER 
H UNGRY eyes will feast their till upon this sumptuous issue. 
Prefaced hy a cover design whose rich, warm colors breathe 
the very essence of Christmas cheer, it contains a group of lull-page 
color plates of an artistic charm never surpassed in an American 
magazine. Those four masterly winter paintings by H. T. Dunn 
will be hung framed in a thousand dens ol lovers of beautiful 
pictures and admirers of courageous men. Especially, the paint¬ 
ing entitled, “Lost, Looking For The Trail,” conveys grimly 
the gray, overbearing vastness of a winter’s nightfall in the hills. 
A Glimpse of its Contents 
The Whistling Buoy, by Ralph D. Paine 
One of the best sea stories this writer has ever done. There are to 
illustrate it two full-page drawings by Harding. 
Animal and Plant Intelligence, by John Burroughs 
An article dealing with a wealth of literary charm and of intimate 
knowledge, with the fascinating subject made clear by the title. 
The Dream Road, by Edwina Stanton Babcock 
A delicate and elusive story of travel in Italy. Equal in charm to 
the text are the illustrations by Peixotto. 
Experiences with Humming Birds, by Herbert K. Job 
Illustrated from some rare photographs by the author. It is an 
interesting descriptive bit of woodland craft by this keen observer of bird 
life, whose papers in this magazine have met so warm a welcome. 
Round Up Days, by Stewart Edward White 
An incisive exposition of stirring doings on the old cattle ranges. 
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CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 
CEDAR FOR LEAD PENCILS 
/ T'HE lead pencil is one of the most 
-*■ common articles in every-day use, 
and nearly 320,000,000 pencils are 
manufactured in this country every year. 
To manufacture these millions of pen¬ 
cils there are required 110,000 tons, or 
7,300,000 cubic feet, of wood, so that 
each day in the year 300 tons, or 20,000 
cubic feet of w ood are used for pencils. 
Since practically all of the wood is red 
cedar, and since the pencil industry is 
steadily growing, the supply of red cedar 
is greatly depleted; yet no substitute has 
been found for it. Leaving out of con¬ 
sideration the imported pencils, the 
average educated American over ten 
years of age uses six pencils of home 
manufacture each year. Ten years ago 
he used less than five. 
Red cedar has a soft, straight grain, 
and when grown under best conditions it 
is very free from defects. Because of 
its peculiar qualities no equally good 
substitute for it has ever been found, and 
it is doubtful if any other wood-using 
industry is so dependent upon a single 
species as the pencil industry is depen¬ 
dent upon red cedar. In fact, red cedar 
suitable for pencil manufacture is the 
only wood the price of which is always 
quoted by tbe pound. 
Strange as it may seem, no steps have 
heretofore been taken to provide for a 
future supply of red cedar. I bis has 
been largely due to a lack of information 
on the rate of grow th and the habits of 
the tree, and to the widespread belief 
that second growth red cedar never 
reaches merchantable size. 
In accordance w itb its policy toward 
the conservation and economic use of 
commercial woods the forest service has 
made a careful study of red cedar and 
has come to the conclusion that it can 
profitably be grown in regions of its 
development. Several changes are rec¬ 
ommended in present forest manage¬ 
ment in order to secure the desired 
grow th. 
In the Southern forests the cedar 
wfill have to be given a better chance 
instead of being considered, as now, 
a negligible quantity in its younger stages, 
and many of the forest grown trees 
which are now cut for fence posts can 
profitably be left to attain their full 
development and thus become available 
for pencil wood .—New York Tribune 
Farmer. 
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