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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



trees to grow commercial timber, the 

 straightening of Cow Creek, and the plant- 

 ing of waste lands along the same stream. 

 A small forest nursery lias been developed 

 on the farm to grow the necessary trees 

 for these plantings and also to give the in- 

 mates of the institution an opportunity to 

 acquire training in nursery work. As a 

 landscape feature, the plan provides for a 

 park and a lake of considerable size, the 

 lake to be fed by Cow Creek. Planting plans 

 have also been prepared for the Larned fair 

 grounds, the Dodge City school grounds, 

 and the Butler county court-house yard. 

 Among uncompleted work are the general 

 plans for city parks at Newton, Columbus, 

 and Harper. Applications are on file from 

 several private persons for working plans 

 for the management of farm woodlots. 



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British Columbia's Practical Forest Policy 



Premier McBride of British Columbia, in 

 a recent address before the Victoria Board 

 of Trade, at their annual meeting, spoke of 

 the resources and development of the coun- 

 try. The most interesting portion of the ad- 

 dress, from a lumberman's point of view, was 

 the reference to the work of the timber com- 

 mission. Premier McBride's announcement 

 that the commission's report is expected in 

 a few months, and that the legislature will 

 pass effective legislation based upon the re- 

 port, gives promise of the settlement of many 

 of the difficulties which have long been a 

 source of worry and expense to the lumber- 

 men. The granting of renewable licenses at 

 the suggestion of the commission in its in- 

 terim report, indicates that both the govern- 

 ment and the commission have realized that 

 the interests of the people and the interests 

 of the lumbermen are the same. If the gov- 

 ernments of other provinces could be induced 

 to take a similar view of the matter, the 

 lumbermen would be more likely to take a 

 keen interest in their properties. Another 

 reference of Premier McBride's showed that 

 both the government and the commission 

 were working carefully upon a plan for re- 

 ducing the loss of timber by fire. It is prob- 

 ably safe to conclude that, in addition to 

 increasing the fire-fighting staff, this plan 

 will involve extremely strict regulations re- 

 garding the railroads, which have been proved 

 to be one of the greatest causes of fire. 



Premier McBride's references to lumber 

 matters were in part as follows : 



"The timber industry of the province is a 

 subject which it is difiicult to deal with in 

 a few words. The output of lumber for 1909 

 was 775,000,000 feet, valued at $12,000,000. 



Of this, 450,000,000 were cut from coast 

 mills and 325,000,000 feet from mountain 

 mills. The total cut is an increase of 10,- 

 000,000 feet over 1908. The outlook for the 

 present year is particularly bright. 



"In connection with the timber industry, 

 the government is taking special pains to se- 

 cure the best means of conserving this re- 

 source by means of a commission, which will 

 report on the best methods to pursue, so that 

 the wisest legislation may be enacted. We 

 are fully determined to protect this unriv- 

 aled asset. The commission has visited every 

 portion of the province and collected data 

 of a varied description. It has also visited 

 Washington and had a conference with Mr. 

 Gifford Pinchot, until recently Chief For- 

 ester of the United States government. It 

 has been to Ottawa and consulted with tim- 

 ber experts there. The government expects 

 that the report will be ready within the next 

 few months, and at the next session up-to- 

 date legislation to protect the timber wealth 

 of the province will be brought down. 



"To guard against the danger of forest 

 fires there is a staff of fifty-three district fire- 

 wardens, three divisional firewardens, and one 

 chief firewarden. This is nearly double the 

 force of a year ago. The vote for fire fight- 

 ing is $75,000. Besides this all road fore- 

 men have been appointed as assistant fire- 

 wardens with instructions from the public 

 works department to put on crews to fight 

 fires in case of necessity, thus giving a good 

 reserve force when required. Other precau- 

 tions have been taken by way of circulars 

 and making it necessary for settlers to take 

 out permits for clearing, thus helping to check 

 indsicriminate burning. In the new timber 

 bill we hope to incorporate provisions which 

 will considerably reduce the present cost of 

 fire protection, and which will have for their 

 object the conservation of the timber wealth 

 of the province. "-^CaMada Lumberman. 



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Louisiana Commission Appointed 



Governor Sanders of Louisiana has sign- 

 ed the commissions of members of the State 

 Commission for the Conservation of Natu- 

 ral Resources, which is composed as fol- 

 lows: Henry Hardtner, Urania, president; 

 Harry P. Gamble, Winfield, secretary; W. 

 E, Glassell, Shreveport; Swords R. Lee, 

 Alexandria; Justin F. Denechaud, New Or- 

 leans. Frank M. Kerr, chief state engin- 

 eer; Fred J. Grace, register of the state 

 land office and commissioner of forestry, 

 and W. R. Dodson, director of state experi- 

 ments, are ex-officio members of the com- 

 mission. 



