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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



In the finished paper, he says, there are 

 many defects, which completely neutralize 

 any hopes which may have been held by 

 promoters of the fibre. The surface is 

 dotted with sugary specks of white, while 

 the tear of the stock is exceedingly brittle. 

 It has, moreover, the appearance of a dry 

 manifolding paper and is exceedingly trans- 

 parent. The color is what may be termed 

 a dirty brown gray, wholly unfitted for any 

 use. Altogether, banana paper may be 

 classed with sunflower, tobacco, and the 

 many other fibrous materials much dis- 

 cussed by those who know little of the real 

 qualifications of a paper making fibre. 



No Supply Exheustless 



The words "exhaustless supply" having 

 been revived recently in connection with 

 the Canadian spruce forests reaching north 

 from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Circle, 

 the Mississippi Valley Lumberman notes 

 the stunted and scanty character of the 

 growth in the northern part of the region 

 referred to. and adds these wise words of 

 caution: "The word exhaustless has been 

 used a good many times in connection with 

 the timber supply of this and other coun- 

 tries, but its full meaning has not been 

 realized. We must recognize, however, 

 that methods of cutting have been revolu- 

 tionized and are still in process of revolu- 

 tion. While the per capita consumption of 

 lumber in this country is still increasing, 

 we believe the rate of increase is losing 

 some of its acceleration, or will within the 

 next few years. On the other hand the per 

 capita consumption of pulp wood is prob- 

 ably increasing very rapidly. Possibly, be- 

 fore the available supply of pulp timber is 



much nearer depletion the consumption 

 will have been reduced to a point where the 

 scientific renewal will equal the demands 

 made upon the forests. But the word 'ex- 

 haustless' as applying to timber supply, 

 has become obsolete in the lexicon of the 

 lumberman, and timber prophecies have 

 been proven unsafe." 



Kennebec Valley Protective Association 



A protective association has been formed 

 by timberland owners of the Kennebec val- 

 ley in Maine. The object of this corpora- 

 tion as set forth is to protect the timber- 

 land owners where the means employed by 

 the state are inadequate, in order that .J 

 property in forest land may have the same m 

 security that other property enjoys, by 

 promoting and encouraging the practice of 

 forestry upon private land, by encouraging 

 the propagation and guarding of the fish 

 and game, and by the development of the 

 storage reservoirs on the ponds and lakes. 



The officers: E. P. Viles of Skowhegan, 

 president; George M. Stearns of Waterville, 

 Forrest H. Colby of Bingham, John C. 

 Hutchinson of Bangor, W. J. Lanigan of 

 Waterville, and Louis Oak of Greenville, 

 vice-presidents; Forrest H. Colby, secretary 

 and treasurer; E. P. Viles, W. A. Gilbert, 

 and Roy L. Marston, directors. 



The corporation will have its headquar- 

 ters at Skowhegan, a capital stock of $10,000 

 in five-dollar shares and will, through its 

 directors, employ wardens and men to fight 

 fires when necessary, the expenses to be 

 paid by the stockholders in proportion to 

 their acreage, but the entire assessment 

 never to exceed $10,000 in one year. 



