Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-21
PROGRESS OF FORESTRY
WORK IS INCREASING
SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOL PROVES
SUCCESSFUL
Chemical Treatment Of Ties Being
Tested by Chicago G. Northwest
ern Railroad In Southern
Wisconsin

of a forestry school in South Africa a
year ago marked another advance in the
propagation of the forestry idea. The
school was established by the govern
ment of the Cape of Good Hope at
Tokai. Cape Colony, for the purpose OF
training men for the government Tor
| estry service in the Several ooulh ATT
| can provinces.
| The course covers two years, the first
year at the South African college ana
| the second year at the forestry scnool
| at Tokai on a long established estate,
where there is extensive forest land ana
a great variety of trees in all stages OF
development.
Forestry work is rapidly progressing
throughout the country.
The Southern Cypress Manufacturers
association recently appointed Dr. tter-
mann Won Schrenk as tehcnical expert
for the association to secure the pest
utilization of the output of the various
companies of the association. Or. Won
Schrenk is well known by reason Oh ms
frequent contributions to the forest At-
erature of the country, and on account
of the interest in forestry by railroads
and lumber companies brought about
largely through his Investigations.
Lumbermen Receptive
Lumber manufacturers are showing
themselves ready to take advantage OIL
increasing knowledge of forestry. Ihe
associations have furthered this work.
saws the American Lumberman, IN
number of instances, the most notable
of which is the erection of the chair
of practical numbering in Yale, but no
such definite step of immediate interest
to any class of manufacturers has petore
been taken. New conditions are
confronting the lumber trade; the era OF
careless ripping up of logs into poaros
is approaching an end. The successIul
lumber producer must adapt mis- proouct
to the particular needs OF particular con-
sumers.
A short stretch of railroad belonging
to the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
company is being laid in Southern WIS
consin on which various methods OF pre-
serving ties by chemical treatment Will
be put to the test Of practical use, with
the cooperation of the United States
forest service
Laid in the track of the main line where
all trains will pass over them, the ties
will be subjected to the wear of traffic
and the attack OF the fungi which cause
decay. 1t is hoped that this test will go
far toward determining the best preserva-
tives and the most practical way of ap-
plying them.
Drainage and irrigation
A tract of forty-seven square miles,
known as the Eaw Creek property, To-
Gated in the southern part of st. johns
county and the northern part of Volusla
county, Fla, is being drained and irri-
gated. This work is under the direction
of E. Ben Carter, formerly general road
master and engineer of the Florida East
Coast railway. 1t is to make available
some of the richest land in Florida. 1t
is believed that the two years preliminary
wor.. already done demonstrates its feasi-
bility On these Florida lands it is some
times necessary to supply normal mois-
ture artifically, after removing by engi-
neering works the causes of excessive
moisture.
The American Forestry association be-
lieves that whatever is good for the peo-
pie should be understood by the people.
1t believes that those who are working
for a measure of public benefit should
take the people into their confidence. Be-
lieving profoundly in the wisdom and
necessity of the Appalachian bill, it is
doing it's best to bring the merits of this
measure to the attention of the people.
More important still, the executive COM
mittee of the association has arranged to
organize lecture tours for the secretary
in the south and middle west Responses
from leading southern cities indicate that
the tour through the south to begin late
next month, will meet with the hearty
reception that section knows so we'll how
to accord.
Bodies Respond
The tour is being arranged through the
cooperation of boards of trade and cham
bers of commerce. Almost every response
from these has been both affirmative and
cordial. The lectures will, wherever prac-
tical, be illustrated by lantern slides, and
the enueavor will be made to bring home
to every auditor the certain effect OF the
destruction of the Appalachian mountain
forests and the sole remedy. The west
ern tour is expected to follow the south
ern. Such inquiry as has already been
made indicates that the glad hand will
be extended by the west as we'll as by the
south. Through the cooperation of the
press of the cities visited, which past ex-
perience indicates will be readily granted,
1t is believed that this tour may prove
an effective factor In arousing the people
to the Importance of the establishment
Of national forests in the east and south
Those interested in these lectures may
address the national Office of the associa-
tion in Washington.
River Improvement
A river improvement convention is ad-
vertised for Memphis, Tenn, October to
g. President Roosevelt is expected to be
in attendance and to deliver an address on
the opening day. The inland waterways