THE STATE OF INDIANA, Received by the Governor, examined and referred to the Auditor of State for verification of the financial statement. OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF STATE, INDIANAPOLIS, December 27, 1907.} The within report, so far as the same relates to moneys drawn from the State Treasury, has been examined and found correct. J. C. BILLHEIMER, Auditor of State. DECEMBER 27, 1907. Returned by the Auditor of State, with above certificate, and transmitted to Secretary of State for publication, upon the order of the Board of Commissioners of Public Printing and Binding. FRED L. GEMMER, Filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana, December 27, 1907. 1907. FRED A. SIMS, Received the within report and delivered to the printer December 28, HARRY SLOUGH, Clerk Printing Bureau. The Table of Contents The Passing of the Forest-Poem.. Arbor Day Financial Statement Letter of Transmittal to the Governor. Miscellaneous Bulletins and Circulars by U. S. Department. Official Members of the Board of Forestry. Office Report and Suggestions Preface Report of Work Accomplished at Forest Reservation.. Statistical Tabulations of Experiments-E. E. Davis.. Illustrations PAGE Fig. 1. Work of Hickory Bark Beetle.... 20 Fig. 2. Section of wood cut from white walnut which has been en Fig. 9. Young Yellow Poplar so weakened by timber-worms that it had been easily blown over by the wind.... 40 Fig. 10. Fig. 11. Fig. 12. Section of Yellow Cedar injured by timber-worms. 42 43 44 Fig. 13. Fig. 14. Fig. 15. Fig. 16. Fig. 17. Leaflet from small Ash sprout where damage from leaf-eat- Washed and eroded condition of a low hill from which all timber and underbrush had been removed.. 60 Fig. 23. Fig. 22. Young growth of Red Cedar on hillside, showing nature's method of soil binding against the agencies of erosion.... Catalpa planting on farm of Rockhill Bros. 62 70 Fig. 24. Catalpa planting, three years old, on farm of A. K. Kennert, 72 Fig. 25. Planting of Black Locust in edge of woods on farm of J. H. 74 Fig. 26. Fifteen-year-old black walnut planting on farm of Anna Congleton, three miles southwest of Frankfort, Ind...... 76 77 78 STATE OF INDIANA, BOARD OF FORESTRY, HON. J. FRANK HANLY, Governor: Dear Sir-In compliance with the legal requirements, we have the honor to submit herewith the manuscript of the Seventh Annual Report for the Department of Forestry. It contains papers of discussion and explanation of the various work accomplished by the office and of experiments and forestry work at the State Forest Reservation and Forestry Experimental Station at Henryville, Clark County, Indiana. We express our sincere appreciation of your courtesy and cooperation in the cause represented by this Department, and feel that the subject of forestry and the work accomplished should receive from the people an intelligent and thoughtful observance as affecting the best interests of all. |