JOINT RESOLUTION for the appointment of a commission for inquiry into the destruction of forests and into the measures necessary for the preservation of timber. Whereas it is asserted that the supply of timber within the United States is rapidly diminishing, and that great public injury must result from its continued waste, without adequate means being taken for its preservation and production: Therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a man of approved scientific and practical acquaintance with statistical inquiries, to be commissioner of forestry. SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That it shall be the duty of said commissioner to prosecute investigations and inquiries on the subject with the view of ascertaining the annual amount of consumption, importation, and exportation of timber and other forest products; the probable supply for future wants; the means best adapted to its preservation and renewal; the influence of forests upon climate, and the measures that have been successfully applied in foreign countries for the preservation and restoration of forests; and to report upon the same to Congress. SEC. 3. And be it further resolved, That the heads of the Executive Departments be, and they are hereby, directed to cause to be rendered all necessary and practicable aid to the said commissioner, by access to the public records and otherwise, in the prosecution of the investigations and inquiries aforesaid. B. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO FORESTRY ISSUED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SINCE 1877. BULLETINS. No. 1. Report on the Relations of Railroads to Forest Supplies and Forestry, together with appendices on the structure of some timber ties, the behavior and the cause of their decay in the roadbed, on wood preservation, on metal ties, and on the use of spark arresters, by B. E. Fernow. Pp. 149, pls. 7, figs. 7. 1887. No. 2. Report on the Forest Conditions of the Rocky Mountains, with a map showing the location of forest areas on the Rocky Mountain range, and other papers. Pp. 252, map, 1, diagr., 1. 1888. Contents: Extracts from Reports of the Commissioners of the Land Office-The Government in its relation to forests, by Prof. E. J. James-Report on the forest conditions of the Rocky Mountains, by Col. Edgar T. Ensign— Map showing the location of forest areas and principal irrigation ditches in the Rocky Mountain region-Forest flora of the Rocky Mountains, by George B. Sudworth-Report on the forests of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties, Cal., by Abbott Kinney-Trees and shrubs of San Diego County, Cal.—The needs of the Yellowstone National Park, by Arnold Hague, geologist in charge-Summary of legislation for the preservation of timber or forests on the public domain, by N. H. Egleston-The limate of Colorado and its effects upon trees, by George H. Parsons-Snow slides or avalanches, their formation and prevention, by B. E. Fernow. No. 3. Preliminary Report on the Use of Metal Track on Railways as a Substitute for Wooden Ties, by E. E. Russell Tratman, C. E., to which is added a report of experiments in wood seasoning by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, and other notes. Compiled by B. E. Fernow. Pp. 79, diagr. 6. 1889. No. 4. Report on the Substitution of Metal for Wood in Railroad Ties, by E. E. Russell Tratman, C. E., together with a discussion on practicable economies in the use of wood for railway purposes, by B. E. Fernow. Pp. 363, pls. 30. 1890. No. 5. What is Forestry, by B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. Pp. 52. 1891. No. 6. Timber Physics. Part I. Preliminary Report. Compiled by B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. Pp. 61, pls. 6, figs. 12. 1892. 4°. 1. Need of investigation. 2. Scope and historical development of the science of "timber physics." 3. Organization and methods of the timber examinations in the Division of Forestry. No. 7. Forest Influences. Pp. 197, figs. 63. 1893. 1. Introduction and summary of conclusions, by B. E. Fernow. 2. Review of forest meteorological observations, a study preliminary to the discussion of the relations of forest to climate, by M. W. Harrington. 3. Relation of forest to water supplies, by B. E. Feruow. 4. Notes on the sanitary significance of forests, by B. E. Fernow. Appendices: 1. Determination of the true amount of precipitation and its bearing on theories of forest influences, by Cleveland Abbe. 2. Analysis of rainfall with relation to surface conditions, by George E. Curtis. No. 8. Timber Physics. Part 2. Pp. 92, pls. 12, figs. 22. 1893. Progress report: Results of investigations on long-leaf pine. Contents: Mechanical tests made at Washington University testing laboratory, St. Louis, by J. B. Johnson— Field report on turpentine timber, by F. Roth-Resinous contents and their distribution in the long-leaf pine, by M. Gomberg-Field records of test material, by C. Mohr. No. 9. Report on the Use of Metal Railroad Ties and on Preservation Processes and Metal Tie-plates for Wooden Ties. By E. E. Russell Tratman, A. M., Am. Soc. C. E. (supplementary to report on the Substitution of Metal for Wood in Railroad Ties, 1890). Prepared under the direction of B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. Pp. 363, pls. 5. 1894. No. 10. Timber: An Elementary Discussion of the Characteristics and Properties of Wood. By Filibert Roth, special agent in charge of Timber Physics. Under the direction of B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. Pp. 88, figs. 49. 1895. No. 11. Some Foreign Trees for the Southern States. (Cork, Wattle Tree, Eucalyptus, Bamboo.) Prepared under direction of B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. Pp. 32, pls. 3. 1895. No. 12. Economic Designing of Timber Trestle Bridges, by A. L. Johnson, C. E. Pp. 57, figs. 7. 1896. Together No. 13. The Timber l'ines of the Southern United States, by Chas. Mohr, Ph. D. with a Discussion of the Structure of their Wood, by Filibert Roth. Prepared under the direction of B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. Pp. 160, pls. 27, figs. 18. 1896. No. 14. Nomenclature of the Arborescent Flora of the United States, by George B. Sudworth, dendrologist of the Division of Forestry. Prepared under the direction and with an Introduction by B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. Pp. 8, 419. 1897. No. 15. Forest Growth and Sheep Grazing in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, by Frederick V. Coville. Pp. 54. 1898. No. 16. Forestry Conditions and Interests of Wisconsin, by Filibert Roth, special agent. With a discussion of objects and methods of ascertaining forest statistics, etc., by B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. Pp. 76, map of forest distribution in Wisconsin. 1898. No. 17. Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States, their Names and Ranges, by George B. Sudworth, dendrologist of the Division of Forestry. Prepared under the direction of B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. Pp. 144. 1898. No. 18. Experimental Tree Planting in the Plains, by Charles A. Keffer, assistant chief of the Division. Prepared under the direction of B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. Pp. 94, pls. 5, figs. 1. 1898. No. 19. Osier Culture, by John M. Simpson. Prepared under the direction of B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. Pp. 27. 1898. No. 20. Measuring the Forest Crop, by A. K. Mlodziansky. Prepared under the direction of B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. Pp. 70, figs. 16. 1898. No. 21. Systematic Plant Introduction, by David A. Fairchild, special agent. Prepared under the direction of B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. Pp. 24. 1898. No. 22. The White Pine, a monograph, by V. M. Spaulding. Revised and enlarged by B. E. Fernow, with contributions by Filibert Roth and F. A. Chittenden. (In press.) No. 23. The Uses of Wood in Mining and in the Charcoal Iron Industries, by John Birkinbine, C. E. With a discussion of methods of forest management applicable to woodlands subserving these industries by B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Forestry. (In press.) CIRCULARS OF INFORMATION. No. 1. Request to Educators for Cooperation. No. 2. A Circular to Educational Men. No. 3. Increasing the Durability of Timber (information to wood consumers). Pp. 4. 8°. No. 6. Instructions for Growing Tree Seedlings. Pp. 4. 4°. No. 7. The Government Timber Tests. Pp. 4. 8°. No. 8. Strength of "Boxed" or "Turpentine" Timber. Pp. 4. 8°. No. 9. Effect of Turpentine Gathering on the Timber of Longleaf Pine. P. 1. 8. No. 10. Suggestions to the Lumbermen of the United States in Behalf of More Rational Forest Management. Pp. 8. 80. No. 11. Facts and Figures Regarding Our Forest Resources, Briefly Stated. Pp. 8. 89. No. 12. Southern Pine: Mechanical and Physical Properties. Pp. 12, 40. No. 13. Forest Fire Legislation in the United States. Pp. 8. 89. No. 14. Is Protection Against Forest Fires Practicable? Pp. 4. 8°. No. 15. Summary of Mechanical Tests on Thirty two Species of American Woods. Pp. 12. 4°. No. 16. Age of Trees and Time of Blazing Determined by Annual Rings. Pp. 11. 8. No. 17. Recent Legislation on State Forestry Commissions and Forest Reserves. Pp. 16. 8°. No. 18. Progress in Timber Physics: Influence of Size on Test Results; Distribution and Effect on Strength of Moisture; Maximum Uniformity of Wood; Relation of Compression Endwise Strength to Breaking Load of Beam. Pp. 20. 40. No. 19. Progress in Timber Physics: Bald Cypress. Pp. 24. 4°. No. 20. Increasing the Durability of Timber. Pp. 5. 8°. CHARTS. The lessons of erosion due to forest destruction. Three colored charts, 30 by 48 inches, showing: (1) How the farm is lost; (2) how the farm is regained; (3) how the farm is retained. 1896. REPORTS ON FORESTRY. Vol. I. Report upon Forestry, prepared under the direction of the Commissioner of Agricul ture, in pursuance of an act of Congress approved August 15, 1876. By Franklin B. Hough. Pp. 650. Index. 1878. Vol. II. Report upon Forestry, prepared under the direction of the Commissioner of Agricul ture, in pursuance of an act of Congress approved August 15, 1876. By Franklin B. Hough. Pp. 618. Index. 1880. Vol. III. Report upon Forestry, prepared under the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, in pursuance of an act of Congress approved August 15, 1876. By Franklin B. Hough. Pp. 318. Index. 1882. Vol. IV. Report upon Forestry, prepared by N. H. Eggleston. Pp. 421. Index. 1 map. 1884. ANNUAL REPORTS OF CHIEF OF DIVISION OF FORESTRY. [For years 1884-1893, inclusive, in annual reports of the Secretary of Agriculture for those For years 1894-1896, inclusive, in messages and documents for those years. For 1897, in annual reports of Department of Agriculture for 1897. years. Same, issued separately in pamphlet form for the years 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897. From 1894 these reports refer only to administrative business; before that year they contain technical matter.] The following subjects are more fully treated in these reports: Report for 1886 Forestry problems of the United States. General principles of forestry. List of ninety most important timber trees of the United States. Osier culture. Report for 1887. (Special, not printed in report of Department of Agriculture)— Trade notes and tariff on lumber-mill capacity of United States. Systematic plan of forestry work. Tree notes. Condition of forestry interests in the States. Report for 1888–– Forest influences. Cultural and trade notes. Report for 1889 Seedling distribution. Timber-culture acts. Osier culture. Influence of forests on water supplies. Report for 1890— Wood-pulp industry. Tests of Northern and Southern oak. Forestry education. Artificial rainfall. Report for 1891 Forestry lectures. Poisoning of street trees. Bamboo as substitute for wood. Forest-planting experiments in Nebraska. Southern lumber pines. Forest reservations and their management. Report for 1892 Forest conditions of the United States and the forestry movement. Report on Chickamauga National Park. The naval-store industry. Report for 1893 Methods of forest measurement. Consumption and supply of forest products in the United States. Tree planting on the Western plains. By Chas. A. Keffer. Pp. 20. From Yearbook, 1896: Tree planting in waste places on the farm. By Chas. A. Keffer. Pp. 18. The uses of wood. By Filibert Roth. Pp. 30, figs. 7. From Yearbook, 1897: Division of forestry; relation of its work to the farmer. By B. E. Fernow, chief. Pp. 20. FARMERS' BULLETIN. No. 67. Forestry for farmers. Pp. 48, figs. 15. MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS. Catalogue of the Forest Trees of the United States which usually attain a height of 16 feet or more, with notes and brief descriptions of the more important species. 1876. Pp. 38. Preliminary Report on the Forestry of the Mississippi Valley and Tree Planting on the Plains. By F. P. Baker and R. W. Furnas. Pp. 45. 1883. Arbor Day, its History and Observance. By N. H. Egleston. Pp. 80, figs. 12. 1896. Miscellaneous Special Report No. 5. The proper value and management of Government timber lands and the distribution of North American forest trees, being papers read at the United States Department of Agriculture May 7 and 8, 1884. Pp. 47. 1884. Miscellaneous Report No. 10. A descriptive catalogue of manufactures from native woods, as shown in the exhibit of the United States Department of Agriculture at the World's Industrial and Cotton Exposition at New Orleans, La. By Charles Richards Dodge. Pp. 81. 1886. Trees of Washington, D. C. By B. E. Fernow and Geo. B. Sudworth. Unp. pl. 1891. Forestry in the United States. By B. E. Fernow. Report of United States commissioners to the Universal Exposition of 1889 at Paris. Vol. V, pp. 747-777, pls. 6. 1891. Timber physics.-Preliminary report: Need of investigation. By B. E. Fernow. (From Forestry Bul. No. 6.) Quarto, 16 pp. 1892. Letter to the Secretary of Agriculture regarding Forest Growth and Timber Consumption. By B. E. Fernow. Pp. 3. 1893. Instructions for the Collection of Test Pieces of Pines for Timber Investigations. n. d. Pp. 4. List of Publications relating to Forestry in the Department Library. Prepared under the direction of the Librarian. Pp. 93. 1898. |