Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-16
AMERICAN FORESTERS
MEETING OF NATIONAL ORGANI-
zATIoN LAST EVENING.

An open meeting of the Society OF Amer
ican Foresters was held last evening a the
Residence OF Mr.. Clifford Pinchot. forester OF
the United States Department of Agricui-
ture, 1915 Rhode Island avenue. The so
ciety Is national organization of profess
sional fOresters. whose members have, as
rule, contributed TO the sum of forest
Knowledge IN this country. Mr. +. A.
Sterling of the forest service addressed III
meeting on forestry in California. and Mt.
George II. Myers talked Of Impressions or
japanese Forestry"
In his talk on THE Striking Features Of
tie Forest and Water Situation IN Cali
fornia" Mr.. Sterling dwelt first on the en-
thusiastic support which the citizens OF
that state have given to the movement TO
conserve the forests. He said that while
the forests are very extensive, water Is
scarce and therefore valuable. and that for
this reason the forest cover of the noun
tains, the source OF the streams is treas
ured most highly. The undeveloped posi-
billties of the Sacramento valley-14o miles
long by forty miles wide-awaited only
irrigation to yield crops capable of sup
porting a pOpula ton equal to that of south
ern Italy. Yet the name, garden spot or
America" was shown by figures TO be
largely assumed, since In the seven coun-
ties comprising southern California. only
one acre out Of every six and half acres
mas Su0lCltnJ wafer ABOUT Oh per cent VI
the total irrigable area In this region would
remain practically a desert until the forest
cover should be restored. As state can
foruia had given excellent support to the
forest reserve policy. had faith in the Ell
forts which the forest service and reclama-
tion service are making for its citizens.
and especially offered a busy field for the
cooperative work of the forest service.
Forest Management.
Mr. Myers talk on Japanese forestry
brought out that Japan compares favorably
with European countries IN the development
of forest management. There were three
kinds Of forest property in the country. he
said: The state forests. the imperial for
ests belonging to the imperial dynasty, and
forests owned by communities. institutions
and private individuals The admniStTa-
ton OF the state forests bore much similar
ity 10 that Of European countries; the impe
rial forests were administered by the impe-
rial household; the communal and institu-
tiOnal forests were generally cOnScrvat lively
managed. while smaller private properties
We're not by any means so Careiessiy used
as here. The favorite forest tree in Japan
was the 'hioki," which is one of the same
genus our white cedar arboTVitae,
while the 'sugi." which reaches height of
200 feet and diameter Of 10 feet, Is one of
the venerated trees CT Japan. and is much
planted In cemeteries about temples and in
other sacred places.
Though, Mr. Myers said. 30 per cent Of the
total area of Japan consisted of forest and
brush land, and a good deal of this area
was being planted, Yet il was necessary also
10 do some retaining work where deuuded
hills. had been washed. In this work Of
reclamation much similar means Were en-
ployed to those in the French Alps the
force of the torrents being checked by tenn
Porary dams and trees being planted along
slopes 10 retard the run-of. Methods of
numbering were behind other branches or
forestry In Japan, Iabor-savi appliances
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