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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 26, 1907. 
Mullins Steel Boats 
Motor Boats, Row Boats, 
Hunting and Fishing Boats 
built of steel with air chambers in each end 
likea life boat. Faster, more buoyant, 
practically indestructible, dor’tleak, dry 
out and are absolutely safe. They can’t 
sink. No calking, no bailing, no trouble. 
Every boat is guaranteed. Highly en¬ 
dorsed by sportsmen. The ideal boat for 
pleasure, summer resorts, parks, etc. 
Write for 
Catalogue. 
The W. H. Mullins Company, 126 FranKlinSt., Salem, Ohio 
DAN KIDNEY SON, West De Pere, Wis. 
Builders of fine Pleasure and Hunting Boats, Canoes, 
Gasoline Launches, Small Sail Boats. Send for Catalogue. 
Few Creations of Man 
are subject to as many different strains as 
A VESSEL 
COMPRESSION 
TENSION 
TORSION 
TRANSVERSE 
VIBRATION 
And there are times when all of these 
strains are applied 
At the Same Instant. 
Read Kipling’s “The Ship That Found Herself.” 
The best of workmanship stands the 
racket none to well. 
How can anyone expect much of the 
other kind. 
If you haven’t the money to spend on both 
fine finish and strength, insist that your 
designer give you strength. 
MANHASSET SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR CO. 
Builders of Sail and Power Craft, 
PORT WASHINGTON, LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 
Marine Railways. Winter Storage. 
Gas Engines and Launches. 
Their Principles, Types and Management. By Francis 
K. Grain. 132 pages. Price, $1.26. 
Here is a pocket manual indispensable to every man 
who uses a motor-boat. It deals in simple untechmca] 
fashion with the running of the marine gas engine, and 
with the difficulties that the marine gas engineer is likely 
to meet with. These engines are described, some pages 
are devoted to launches in general, with practical advice 
to the man who contemplates purchasing a power boat. 
The main feature of the book, however, is a clear descrip¬ 
tion of the difficulties met with in running a gas engine, 
their causes and how to remedy them. In this discussion 
all technicalities are avoided, and the author has boiled 
down a vast amount of practical knowledge into small 
space and into every-day language. The amateur power 
boat man needs this book, for it will save him much time 
and trouble, and probably not a little money. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
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American Boat & Machine Co.. 3517 S. 2nd St., St. Louis, Mo. 
Canoe Cruising and Camping* 
By Perry D. Frazer. Cloth. Illustrated. Price, $1.00. 
Full of practical information for outdoor people, 
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FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
GERMAN TIMBER GROWING. 
1 
Consul J. I. Brittain, 'of Kehl, sends the fol-j 
lowing information regarding the amount of tim¬ 
ber produced in the German province of Alsace- 
Lorraine : 
The wood cutting in the demesnial forests 0: 
Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, will produce this yeai 
in all 18,022,219 cubic feet of timber of all sorts 
—6,757,369 cubic feet of timber suitable for con-i 
struction purposes, and 11,264,850 cubic feet 0: 
fuel wood. Of the different species- of trees the 
oaks will furnish 1,033,381 cubic feet of con¬ 
struction timber and 1,610,952 cubic feet of fue 
wood, the beech trees will furnish 978,856 cubic; 
feet of building timber and 6,628,883 cubic fee;! 
of fuel wood, the pine trees will furnish 4,648,-; 
468 cubic, feet of building timber and 2,298,178 
cubic feet of fuel wood; the other species will 
furnish 96,907 cubic feet of building timber anc 
734,890 cubic feet of fuel wood. 
The province of Lprraine alone will furnish 
8,986,226 cubic feet of timber, of which 3,410,- 
254 cubic feet consists of building timber anc 
5,504,340 cubic feet consists of fuel wood. In 
addition to this Lorraine furnishes 1,289,350 cubic 
feet of brush wood used for kindling and smaf 
willow used in making baskets. It also furnisher 
8,970 cubic feet of stumps and roots, which arc 
carefully gathered together and used for fuel. 
Lower Alsace follows Lorraine with 7,438,64; 
cubic feet of timber, with 1,467,863 cubic meter? 
of building timber and 4,622,908 cubic feet 0: 
fuel timber. Upper Alsace furnishes only 1.- 
618,329 cubic feet of timber, of which 556,351 
cubic feet are used for building purposes and 
1,065,978 cubic feet for fuel. The timber is cut 
each year on the demesnial grounds and sold tc 
the public. The mountains are never entirelj 
denuded of timber over any large territory 01 
area, and small strips are indicated for cutting 
by the authorities, and thick forests are fre 
quently thinned out. All the underbrush anc 
small branches are sold in bundles for fuel 
Aside from the large amount of timber fur¬ 
nished by the forests of Baden and Alsace-Lor-i 
raine, new timber is constantly being plantec 
to supply the wants of future generations. The 
forests are provided with splendid drives anc 
walks, making them at all times accessible tc 
tourists. On Sundays the trains in Alsace-Lor¬ 
raine and Baden are crowded with people frorr 
the cities and towns who spend the day in the 
forests.—Consular Reports. 
The Forest and Stream may be obtained froy 
any newsdealer on order. Ask your dea er tc 
supply you regularly. 
SPAR. COATING 
is used by those yacht builders.who have a reputa¬ 
tion they intend to keep. The most expensive var¬ 
nish is the varnish that does not last long and leaves 
the boat unprotected The cheapest, became it is 
the best, is Edward Smith & Co’s Spar Coating—it 
was used on the International yacht cup winners— 
on the “Queen,” the “Vim,” etc., etc. Its initial 
cost may be a little more than some, but in the long 
run it is by far the most economical. 
80 Years’ Experience in Every Can 
EDWARD SMITH ® COMPANY 
59 Market Street 45 Broadway | 
Chicago New York 
