The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-22
AN EXTENSIVE WORK
That Of Clifford Pinchot, Head Of
Bureau Of Forestry.
FACTS FROM RECENT REPORT
Tips for Minnesotans From Bulletin
by Prof. Green of State Ex-
pertinent Station.

the increasing interest IN all topics
connected with forestry in this state
makes particularly timely the report
which has just been issued by the for
ester OF the United States. Clifford Pin
chot, at the head of the bureau of forestry
of the department of agriculture. MI.
Pinchot shows in the report what the ma
tional government is doing to aid IN the
preservation of forests. His work not
only helps to more sensible protection OF
the forest reserves Of the country set
apart by the government, but in 9 pc
culiar intimate way brings him into con-
tact with the men who own the forest
areas which are devoted to private gain
1t is one OF the chief aims of this bureau
now to help the timberman to preserve
his forest With this end in view the for
ester lends his assistance to such timber
owners as desire it, providing, among
other features, actual working plans for
forests. The bureau is now called upon
to give practical assistance and ADVICE IN
the management of national, state anu
private forests on about 100000 acres.
It has become the recognized source OF
help in the handling Of timber tracts ana
wood lots, the making of forest planta-
tons, the study of commercial trees, ana
the investigation of important forest
problems.
Mr. Pinchot sets forth that not only
mas the interest IN lOIcSI ue]Ao5 0hAStAe
spread among important lumber COM
panies and other holders Of forest lands,
but the interest In forest preservation
| has taken firmer hold than ever before
| on those portions of the country whose
prosperity depends upon their water sup
| ply The intimate relation OF forests ana
water supply is being realized In the
west in a way altogether new. and 1t may
fairly be expected that from this time on
one of the most powerful aids toward
forest preservation will be the co-opera-
ton of the irrigation farmer:
The bureau has received applications
| from thirty eight private owners Of Tor
! ests during the past year Tor ass1stance
| in handling their forests, the total area
represented being well on to 100000 acres;
| The bureau has had application for ala
since the work began In 1898 on aDout
! 1000, 900 acres. The work done 1ncluoes
| the measurement Of standing pine OF
| other wood, study of the forest, the
| habits of the trees, the effects of lumber
ne the reforesting of denuded acres
| in a word. it involves a complete setting
| forth of the most satisfactory methods OIL
| "a arriving on the numbering industry not
only for the present but for the future:
More than 175000 acres OF timber lanu
are now under the direct management OF
! the bureau, while owners of many thou-
! sands Of acres are giving their nearly
CO. operation and availing themselves OF
| the aid of the bureau.
Big Tract in Maine.
There is tract of $4,000 acres in Maine
owned by the Great Nortnern rap pu
company for which the bureau has under
taken to supply working plans ne
| company manufacturers paper and It's
aim is to so work the tract as to insure
a constant and steady supply OF sort
wood timber for the future. Inc 1orest
Is chiefly composed of spruce and tlr ana,
under former methods of timber cutting,
the whole area would speedily be de-
nuded with no effort at reforestlng.a
The bureau is a work in similar way
| on sections of forest in the Ad1rondacks,
| in the Great Smoky mountains OF eastern
Tennessee, in Massachusetts, upon a
hard wood tract. in Arkansas ana ID
South Carolina.
! Working plans for the national park
reserves are being pushed rapidly. The
reserves now comprise 46,S2o, 449 acres
Mr. Pinchot calls particular attention 10
the forest reserve in the Black Hills. 1t
! is practically a pure forest OF western
yellow pine, remarkable Tor the apunu-
ance of its reproduction and it's thorough
adaptation to practical forestry. Upon
it's preservation depends the timber to
supply great and rapidly growing min
ing industry which has built up and now
maintains the prosperity of this region.
It's effect upon the water supply, without
which mining in the Black Hills must
fail, offers a most striking example of the
! influence of forests upon stream now
! Already vast expenditures have been
| made to bring from other streams the in
dispensable water supply formerly taken
| in abundance from sources which have
failed since the destruction of the for
Plans for This Year.
| ont yto ci vp
| work for the present year. 1t includes
working plans for large areas OF private
timber, the influence of grazing, study
of forest products, including important
! investigations of native trees OF the
Philippine Islands yielding commercial
tan bark resins, and gums, study of
\ the conditions, causes and prevention of
decay in railroad and other timber, a
! study of forest fires, tree planting and
experiments to show the relative value
of wood and coal for fuel.
woodman's Handbook.
| A woodman's Handbook by the de-
nartment is new feature of interest
containing much information useful to
foresters, forest students, lumbermen and
laymen, embracing among other features,
an exhaustive collection of American log
. scales with a discussion of their COM
parative accuracy.
IT, \
nection that the plan for the govern
mental supervision of the cutting of tim
Der on the Leech Lake group of reser-
vations now agreed upon by the Mime
sofa delegation, will be under the direc-
ton of Mr.. Pinchot.
Bulletin by Prof. Green.
OF interest in connection with the above
lis the bulletin just issued from the Min
nesota State Experimental Station anC
prepared by Professor S. B. Green. Some
time ago the station desired to make some
horticultural and forestry experiments II
southwestern Minnesota. Coteau farm
the name given to the home Of O. G
Gregg superintendent of State Farmers
| Institutes, was offered by Mr.. Gregg fol
) the experiments. The objects in estab
fishing the forest garden at the Coteal
farm were to determine what trees were
, hardy the best kind of mixed planting
to use in order to secure the best sol
cover, and the rate of growth of differen
, trees. The bulletin contains an eXhaus
2 tive statement Of the work done, showing
the various trees and shrubs which Wer
suitable and those which were unsuitet
> to that portion of. the state. I'm his sum
mary Of the results Professor Green says
s The best trees for general prairie plantn
Il in the section studied arc white willow, gold
t en- willow, green ash, white elm. box elder
soft MAPLE buckthorn, wild plum. None Q
g the evergreens are safe in southwestern Min
nesota without wind protection. The hardi
est and most desirable evergreens are: Re
}. cedar, white spruce, bull pine Scotch pin
and mountain pine.
The best mixtures in the plots of the fores