Vardaman Virtual Forestry Company
FRIDAY REPORT OF 12/02/05
The Most Direct, Frequent Link to Knowledge Workers in the Eastern Forest Economy
PETER DRUCKER, JMV&CO’S GUIDING LIGHT FOR 40 YEARS
The first Drucker book that Jim Vardaman read made so much sense that he bought everyone of them thereafter. When he couldn’t find the answer to his problem, he wrote Mr. Drucker. When this proved very profitable, he, John Guy, and Bob Hatcher drove to California in the late 1970’s and spent two days sitting beside his swimming pool with him discussing the company’s present and future. Google’s search of company newsletters contains 124 citations of him so far. His death is a loss for all of us.
We certainly agree with the sentiments in “Trusting The Teacher In The Grey Flannel Suit” in the 11/19-25/05 issue of The Economist. “Mr. Drucker argued that the world is moving from an ‘economy of goods’ to an economy of ‘knowledge’ – and from a society dominated by an industrial proletariat to one dominated by brainworkers.” You can find it at http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5165460.
“WHAT CAUSES HUMIDITY?”
by Jeffrey Hovis, National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service, Charleston, WV
Our title and quotes are from 11/27/05 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN:
“Relative humidity, a term often used by the local TV and radio media, is a measure of the actual amount of moisture in the air compared to the total amount of moisture that the air can hold. Warm air can hold more water than cool air. But if the air (warm or cool) is holding half as much moisture as it can hold when saturated, the relative humidity is 50 percent.
“Meteorologists , in contrast, use dewpoint temperature as a measure of the moisture content of air. This is the temperature below which the air can no longer hold the moisture in vapor form and liquid water or dew will form. This phenomenon is illustrated by a glass of cool iced tea on a warm muggy day. The air around the glass cools and causes water to form on the outside of the glass. The temperature at which the water forms is the dewpoint temperature…
“One of the reasons the west coast is less humid than the eastern seaboard has to do with the temperature of the large water source located nearby. In the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the currents in the northern hemisphere flow clockwise. In the Pacific Ocean, this flow results in cool, even cold, water flowing from the northern Pacific southward along the west coast. In contrast, the flow in the Atlantic Ocean results in warm water flowing north from the equator along the eastern seaboard. The water in the Gulf of Mexico also becomes quite warm, especially in summer…”
To read the complete article, click on http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=000F3794-6AC6-12E9-AAC683414B7F0000&catID=3&chanID=sa005.
“ARMY OF TINY FUNGI KEEPS FORESTS HEALTHY, STUDY SUGGESTS”
by John Roach
Our title and quotes are from National Geographic News of 11/21/05:
“Communities of microscopic fungi that live inside trees help protect their hosts from disease and predators, new research suggests.
“These fungi, called endophytes, are found throughout various types of plants from the roots to the leaves. Many different endophyte species can live together in a single plant.
“‘We really don’t understand exactly what [endophytes] do’, said fungi researcher Rebecca Ganley. ‘But we are slowly coming to understand how they might be involved in resistance, tolerance, and other ecological processes that go on in the plant’…
“Ganley’s research suggested that trees with diverse communities of endophytes are more resistant to diseases, such as blister rust, than forests with fewer endophytes…
“Ganley also found that diversity among the fungi is greatest in native, old-growth forests and lowest in plantations and nurseries.
“Ganley and her colleagues at Scion now hope to figure out which endophytes are important for disease resistance. They can then reintroduce the fungi to new forests, boosting the resistance of new trees to the spread of lethal diseases…
“James White is a plant pathologist at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
“He said researchers have learned in recent years to harness endophytes in certain grasses to make the plants resistant to disease, drought, and insects.
“Such endophyte research is ‘big business,’ he said, especially for turf grasses – the sorts that adorn front lawns. The benefits are tremendous,’ he said. ‘It means no or little herbicide has to be applied, less water to be put on the plants, and few insecticides…’
“According to White, endophyte diversity may be high in trees because an army of internal fungi may be required to thwart the myriad threats trees face from diseases and predators.
“‘Overall there’s bigger protection. I think that’s the concept there,’ he said.”
To read the complete article, click on http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/11/1121_051121_tree_fungi.html
WE’RE NOW AN AFFILIATE OF JOHN WILEY & SON
John Wiley &Son began publishing almost 200 years ago, and we are proud to have been accepted as an Affiliate. It first published Vardaman’s 304-page HOW TO MAKE MONEY GROWING TREES, which still sells about a dozen copies/month. By the time you get this, our link code to Wiley will probably be posted on our Internet site; you can order the book simply by clicking on it.
OUR BLOG AND YOURS
Do you keep a blog? We hope so, for you read the things we write about and are therefore interested in the subjects that interest us. We are flattered, and we’d also very much like to read what you write about.
We don’t register on big globes of blogs for it may take us all day to examine all of them, and we might not understand much of it. Therefore, we hope you will send us the address of what you’ve written even remotely connected with the forest economy of the eastern United States. We’d also like to have permission to quote you, and we promise not to argue with you, in print or otherwise.
BOOK SALES
We offer for sale all books listed at http://www.vardaman.com/booksale.php.
NEW SYSTEM FOR BUYING OR SELLING LAND OR TIMBER
For the details, click on http://www.vardaman.com and then on the red horizontal bar “Buy/Sell Land/Timber.” You can offer to buy or sell timber or land. You must post the general area of your interest; be sure to include the state. You must also post your E-MAIL ADDRESS and the URL of your Internet site. Our tracking report will not report the number of visitors UNLESS you enter your URL. If you are selling, you should post the name of the tract. When you have entered all details, click on “Submit,” and what you just entered will appear on our Internet site at the bottom of the page under the red horizontal bar “Buy/Sell Land/Timber.” Be sure to check for and correct errors.
For each tract posted after 05/12/05 and whose owner posted his URL, we charge $0.25 for each visit his ad receives. On each Friday at 0900 Central Time, we will e-mail him a bill for $0.25 for each visit his ad received during the week just ended. You can pay us by e-mailing the money to “Vardaman Virtual Forestry Company” at PayPal or mailing it to P.O. Box 12293, Jackson, MS 39236. We will delete your ad when your payments cease. The new fee schedule does not apply to tracts marked with asterisks::
SELL LAND OR TIMBER
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