The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
STRESSES NEED
OF FORESTRY
REGULATION
Arthur Newton Packs "0ur
Vanishing Forests" Calls
Attention of Thoughtful to
WaStefuI Methods.
OUR VANISHING FORESTS. BY
Arthur Newton Pack. New York:
The Macmillan Company. Price.

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Ut rs evident that Europeans
exhibit far superior intelli-
u gence than Americans In the
preservation OF forests. Indeed,
the whole forest policy Of Europe
/ is: Every time a tree is cut take
care another shall grow in its
place. It is a wise policy and Mr..
Pack has stressed the importance
of following this practice in Amer
lea. More, he writes in elemen-
tary English, so that everyone may
understand.
Forestry IL a fascinating sub
ject. Unfortunately it Is too
little understood. It IL interest
ing to learn the people Of the
United States consume yearly
enough wood to build double
row of five-room houses which.
spaced 100 feet apart, would ex-
tend from Seattle to New York,
south to San Francisco and, back
again via New Orleans. Our an
nual production Of newspaper
print is equivalent to strip as
wide as the ordinary daily and
half the distance to the sun in
length.
Mr.. Pack states a dense and
continuous forest the size Of New
York and Pennsylvania together
might, under proper management,
furnish a perpetual supply Of
wood for paper manufacture.
The author Is not unmindful Of
the possibilities of radio as a
preserver of wood, for he states
that millions OF feet OF lumber
are used yearly by telephone and
telegraph companies In the form
of the familiar poles. But the
abandonment Of poles IL a long
way off.
Denuding Of the forests is, In
part, directly responsible for the
great damage caused by cloud
bursts and floods, lives lost and
property swept away. Trees
alone through their interlacing
system Of tiny roots and through
the layer Of spongy humus which
they engender, conserve the
moisture from melting SHOWS or
sudden rains. and allow it to
trickle slowly through without
washing off the soil, while q
forest cover also tends to break
the force of rain, and shades the
snow 80 as to allow its gradual
melting.
Mr.. Pack emphasizes the use
fulness Of the airplane in pre-
venting forest fires.
Despite the enormous losses of
timber yearly through fire and
other causes Mr.. Pack is opti-
mistic regarding the forests Of
the future. Forestry associations
are being formed throughout the
United States. In addition, the
United States Department Of
Agriculture Is lending valuable
assistance.
GARDENING UNDER GLASS,
by F. F. Rockwell, is a
practical work on greenhouse
gardening which is 30 compre-
hensive that any amateur can
use 1t. He can raise flowers and
fruits which would not otherwise
grow in his section of the coun-
try, and he can count on
definite returns. Mr.. Rockwell
begins at the very beginning and
discusses soils, fertilizers, and
tools, tells what plants will COM
bine at given temperature and
how to handle them. He does
not bore the reader with a mass
Of heavy technicalities, but he
does tell what a good greenhouse,
large or small, can be made to do.
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Crosse, and made the most Of his
opportunities.
But, try as we may, we cannot
get excited about Dolan. To be
sure, his adventures with women
have an Arabian Nights touch
which pleases us immensely, and
we enjoyed, too, the spectacle he
provides in the last chapter, where
he completes his progress toward
the Babbittry which so amused
him in the beginning. Our con-
Germ is all with those portions of
the book which will be carefully
skipped by those in search of
passing excitement; with those
chapters packed full of the au.
thor's observations on life and
morals; those chapters which are
going to make this a much-dis.
| cussed and much-abused book.