Michigan,  forest  fires  in,  155;  law  for  tree-plant-
ing in,  208  ;  board  of  agriculture,  memorial  of,
270;  meteorology  of,  274;  tree-planting  in,  511 ;
timber  resources  of,  448,  511,  512,  522,  541 ;  defect
in  boom  laws,  516;  West  Side  Railroad,  522;
census,  524 ;  Upper  Peninsula,  524.
Michigan  City,  sand  hills  at,  82.
Mic  oscopic  studies  in  forestry,  616.
Middle  Island  Creek,  W.  Va.,  493.
Middle  park  division,  Colo.,  590.
Middle  States,  railroads  in,  112;  census,  386.
Midland  City,  Mich.,  522.
Midland  Co.,  Mich,  522.
Milacocia  River,  Mich,  524.
Military  posts,  reservations  at,  11 ;  records  at,  285.
Millen,  A.  P.,  8t.atoments  by,  540.
Miller,  Edwin  S.,  account  by,  458.
Miller,  J.  M.,  statement  by,  577.
Milhkin,  Dan.,  on  forests  of  Ohio,  189.
Mill  View,  Fla.,  479.
Milwaukee,  I.  A.  Lapham's  observations  at,  271 ;
temperature  greater  than  Grand  Ilaveu,  274;
shipments  from  Saginaw  to,  517.
Mineral  lands,  11.
Minick,  H.  O.,  method  of,  49.
Mining  and  forest  school  at  Schemnitz,  625.
Mining  interests,  use  of  timber  in,  9, 15,593.
Minneapolis,  Minn.,  541,  548,  549.
Minnesota,  planting  in,  45 ;  law  for  tree-planting
in,  209;  forests  ot,  209,  531;  importance  of  plant-
ing in,  533;  StatoForestry  Association,  534;  star
tistics  of  tree-planting  in,  538;  State  Horticul-
tural Society,  539;  maple  sugar  in,  539;  lumber,
541,  548;  production  of,  544, 545.
Mirbel,  M.,  experiments  of,  317.
Mississippi  (River),  544,  545,  548;  lumber  produc-
tion in  1875  and  1876,  541 ;  shingle  product  of,  540.
Mississippi  (State),  live  oak  in,  11;  pine  region  of,
137;  timber  of,  481;  products  of,  at  Centennial,
482.
Missouri  (State),  law  to  encourage  treepkinting  in,
210;  rains  in,  291;  timber  resources  of,  509;  ad-
vice in  planting,  569.
Missouri  (River),  lumber  made  on,  544,  545,  548;
shifting  channel  of,  587.
