The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-18
A WOODSMAN'S HANDBOOK
Valuable Work Soon to Be Issued
by the Department Of Ag-
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From, The journal bureau. Room IS. Ioss
Building, Warrington. -
Washington, Nov. 1S.-''The Woods
mans Handbook" the first volume Of
which is now in press and is soon to be is
sued by the bureau of forestry, will be OF
great value to lumbermen and foresters
alike. Its author, Henry S. Graves, d.
rector of Yale Forest school, has made the
attempt to collect all the rules in use in
this country and Canada for finding the
contents of standing timber and of logs
II, 16 and 20 feet in length Of diameters
from to 60 inches He has compared
them in a series of tables and described
their origin and mode of use. The Serb
ner, Doyle and New Hampshire rules are
printed in full; the rest appear in part in
the comparison tables Descriptions are
given of the methods of estimating stand
ing timber in use by timber cruisers in
different parts of the country, and of the
method adopted by the United States
department of agriculture. The hand
DOCK contains also an outline for for
est working plan, and descriptions of in
struments Of use to the woddsman.
The second volume of the handbook
which is to be published shortly after the
first volume, will contain detailed direc-
lions FOR the study Of age and growth of
Trees including diameter, height and vol
ume OF growth. A most valuable feature
Will be compilation of the tables Of
growth, yield tables and volume tables for
all the trees that have been systematical-
~ studied In this country. The defects,
strength, durability and fuel value of
TIMBER, the amount of tannin in bark,
specifications and weights Of logs, and
weights of lumber will be discussed In
adoltlon, the second volume will contain
compound interest tables, tables for con-
Vert1ng metric to English measure, and
| areas of circles
| The handbook may be obtained, when
published, only through the senate, the
| mouse, or the department of agriculture
Insect Pests In Timber.
| DR.. A. D. Hopkins has Just returned
from an extended trip to Arizona, southern
| Can1ornla' northern Idaho, the Puget
| sound country, and the Black Hills, where
| ne made investigations of the damage done
timber by insect pests. In the Black Hills
| about 100000, 900 board feet of yellow pine
| mas been killed by the pine destroying
| beetle DR.. Hopkins recently returned a
report on the best methods of lessening
the damage, in which he recommended
to the department of the interior that all
| live trees infested with beetles should be
cut IN the winter and their bark removed,
a process which kills the insects This
recommendation has been adopted. DR..
Hopkins Is in charge of forest insect in
Vestigation Of the division of entomology.
United States department Of agriculture,
co-oPerdtlnS with the bureau Of forestry.
The bureau of forestry, to which is en-
| trusted the preparation Of plans for the
management of the national forest re-
serves, several state forest reserves, and
the military timber reserves, has recently
extended Its work to cover the conserva-
tive handling of the timber on Indian res
ervatlons The secretary of the interior
mas made request to- the secretary OF
agriculture for advice as to the cutting OF
timber hn foI 10, -
River and Lac Occur D'Oreille Indian res
ervations of northern Wisconsin and the
coded lands of the Menomonee reservation
The timber is to be cut and sold and the
proceeds are to go to the Indians. The bu.
reau of forestry will have charge of the
cutt1ng, and Will see to it that the timber
is. taken out in such way as to do lea 81
harm to the forest and to insure a gooc
| reproduction.
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