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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Canadian Department 



By Ellwood Wilson 

 Secretary, Canadian Society of Forest Engineers 



There is at present a great shortage of 

 dowels, skewers and small manufactures 

 of hardwood in England and prices have 

 advanced materially. An order for one 

 million hardwood backs for brushes has 

 just been placed in Ontario. 



The Department of Forests and Mines 

 of Ontario has just issued a warning 

 that the White pine blister rust has been 

 found on the stock of 1908 and asking 

 all those who planted pine in that year 

 to look over their plantations and see if 

 the disease has appeared. 



The Local Chapter of the Daughters 

 of the Empire in Ottawa have started an 

 active campaign to save waste paper. 

 This is a good step, as in this time of 

 awful waste of everything by the nations 

 at war, those at home must save in every 

 way possible. 



The price of pulpwood in Canada has 

 increased ten cents a cord for 1916 over 

 1915, all Provinces except Quebec sharing 

 in this increase. The total consumption 

 has increased as follows: Quebec, 9.7 

 per cent; Ontario, 7.3 per cent; New 

 Brunswick, 134,8 per cent; British Colum- 

 bia, 13.2 per cent, and Nova Scotia, 93.7 

 per cent. 



There is a very interesting article in 

 Espana Forestal for March on the "Psy- 

 chology of the Tree." This is a side of 

 forestry seldom treated. 



The First Battalion of Lumbermen, the 

 224th Forestry Battalion, Canadian Expe- 

 ditionary Force, has done such good work 

 in England that two more battalions have 

 been asked for by the English authorities. 

 One will be commanded by Lt. Col. J. B. 

 White, Director of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association and Late of the Riordan Paper 

 Company, and the other will ibe recruited in 

 Ontario by Lt. Col. W. R. Smyth, M. P. P., 

 of Algoma. 



Mr. R. M. Bagg, of New York, late 

 with the Laurentide Company, Ltd., en- 

 listed in the First Forestry Battalion. 



Mr. K. C. Baker, of Greenwood, N. Y., 

 who is a graduate of the University of 

 Michigan, and worked for some time with 

 the Laurentide Company, Ltd., and then 

 went out to Singapore for the United 

 States Rubber Company, has just been 

 home on a visit, and has married Miss 

 Kellogg, who will return with him to the 

 Far East. Mr. Baker has been in charge 

 of rubber plantations and also has been sent 

 to India and China on some trade missions. 



Two young reindeer have been born in 

 the herd of the Laurentide Company, Ltd., 

 which are believed to be the first ones 

 born on the continent in Canada. They 

 are now about three weeks old, much 

 lighter in color than the adults and are 

 growing finely. The herd now consists 

 of three males, four females and two 

 fawns. 



Mr. R. R. Bradley, Forester of the New 

 Brunswick Railway Company, was mar- 

 ried recently. 



The Belgo-Canadian Pulp and Paper 

 Company, Ltd., of Shawinigan Falls, Que- 

 bec, is considering planting and has already 

 done something on a small scale. Mr. L. 

 Devenyns, their Superintendent of Wood- 

 lands, who is a Belgian, went over as 

 soon as war broke out and did splendid 

 service in the gallant Belgian Army until 

 wounded so seriously that he was inva- 

 lided and has now returned to his work 

 in Canada. 



Pte. E. G. McDougall, of the Canadian 

 Society of Forest Engineers and of the 

 British Columbia Forest Service, has been 

 wounded. 



Mr. W. L. Scandrett, of the Canadian 

 Society of Forest Engineers, and Messrs. 

 Bentley and Hughes are all in England in 

 the army, the former being in the aviation 

 corps. 



The excessive rain in Quebec this sea- 

 son has been a great help in the preven- 

 tion of fires and in planting operations. 

 The St. Maurice Forest Protective Asso- 

 ciation reports on one or two small fires 

 and that the settlers and farmers are co- 

 operating with the fire-rangers in a way 

 which a few years ago would have been 

 thought impossible. Arrangements have 

 been made with the National Transconti- 

 nental Railway in regard to patrolling 

 their right of way, by which the railroad 

 will pay one-third of the cost of tke labor 

 and will pay for gasoline and oil con- 

 sumed by the power speeders. Thanks 

 are due Mr. Brady, of the Transconti- 

 nental, for taking this position. All the 

 St. Maurice rangers have this year been 

 uniformed with green shirts with "Protec- 

 tion Foret" in red letters across the chest. 

 The Parish Priests have done a great 

 deal to help the Association. 



Mr. G. C. Piche, Chief Forester of 

 Quebec, has changed the date of his for- 

 estry meeting from this month to the 

 month of August. He has much interest- 

 ing work to show and it is hoped that 

 many American foresters will attend the 

 meeting and also avail themselves of the 

 opportunity to see the work of the Lau- 

 rentide Company, Ltd., and the ancient city 

 of Quebec. 



Mr. P. Z. Caverhill, Forester of New 

 Brunswick, has his work now organized 

 and is covering about 60,000 acres per 

 month. His staff consists of Messrs. G. H. 

 Prince, H. C. Belyea, Pellerose, J. W. Burn, 

 Jagoe, Kilburn, Lee, F. S. Young and 

 Percy Crandall. 



Mr. R. H. Campbell, Director of the 

 Dominion Forest Branch, has been elected 

 a member of the Society of American 

 Foresters. 



The Annual Special Number of the 

 Canada Lumberman and Woodworker is 

 just out and is the best ever issued. 



The Wayagamac Pulp and Paper Com- 

 pany, which left the Cooperative Associa- 

 tion on the plea that it cost too much to 

 have their limits ranged by the Asso- 

 ciation, is finding it much more expensive 

 to do the work itself. 



In the Canadian Forestry Journal for 

 May there is a very interesting article by 

 Mr. J. C. Blumer on "A Winter Survey 

 in North Saskatchewan," in which Mr. 

 Blumer tells of his trip in that country 

 and describes conditions both as regards 

 the Indians and the timber. He notes a 

 temperature of 53 degrees below zero on 

 one occasion. 



Mr. Clyde Leavitt, Forester to the Do- 

 minion Conservation Commission, has a 

 splendid article on "Forest Conservation 

 as a War Measure," in which he says that 

 "Natural resources lie at the foundation 

 of all preparedness whether for peace or 

 for war," and gives a ringing call to action 

 for the elimination of politics and the intro- 

 duction of common-sense efficiency in the 

 handling of our Government-owned natural 

 resources. 



The work on the big storage dam under 

 construction by the Quebec Government 

 on the upper waters of the St. Maurice 

 River is progressing favorably and will be 

 a great help in controlling water conditions 

 on which the industry of the whole valley 

 depends. 



A postal card has been received from 

 .Australia from Mr. MacMillan, Forester 

 and Trade Commissioner of the British 

 Columbia Government from Australia. 

 Mr. MacMillan's trip around the world is 

 already bearing fruit for his Government, 

 and shows a wise and far-sighted policy 

 on its part. 



Fire Conditions in the Northwest 



The statutory forest fire season, during 

 which permits for slash burning and other 

 precautions are required, is now on in the 

 Pacific northwest, with conditions offering 

 little immediate danger, according to bulle- 

 tins received by the Western Forestry and 

 Conservation Association. The wet 

 weather has, however, prevented the usual 

 spring cleaning up of loggers' and settlers' 

 slashings, thus leaving a greater menace 

 when dangerous weather arrives. Except 

 in rare cases, with unusual care and under 

 permit and supervision, it will not be safe 

 to burn now before fall and the winter's 

 accumulation will create serious hazard all 

 summer. For this reason preparations are 

 being made for strict enforcement of all 

 fire laws, especially those dealing with 

 clearing and with spark-emitting engines. 



Warning the public of approaching 

 weather conducive to forest fires will this 

 year be recognized by the United States 

 Weather Bureau as a necessary service 

 comparable to storm and frost warnings. 

 In addition to the telegraphic forecasts of 

 hot and windy weather usually furnished 

 the private and public patrol forces, pre- 

 dictions will also be mailed to post offices 

 in forest regions, for conspicuous posting 

 where they may be seen by people likely 

 to use fire in clearing and by campers and 

 travelers. A special card has been devised, 

 bearing fire precautions on the margin. 



