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good measure of fire protection in its wake, and, thirdly, a portion of a 

 pasture area appears to be more useful for pasture if covered with a 

 certain stock of timber. The movement to raise more and better stock 

 in the South thus promises to do much for forestry as well as to serve 

 " the nation directly. It is gaining fast, many substantial men — lumber- 

 men and others — entering into it. Eradication of the cattle tick, fenc- 

 ing, improvement of stock, improvement of pastures, and provision for 

 winter feed are some of its features. Timber-growing will be a sort 

 of by-product in the beginning; later, if things work as foresters have 

 expected, it may prove to be the dominant interest. 



The Taggarts Pajjer Company, of Great Bend, New York, has de- 

 veloped a process for the making of newsprint from all ground-wood 

 pulp, omitting entirely any proportion of sulphite pulp. The president 

 of the company says: "It requires two cords of wood for a ton of 

 sulphite pulp, while one cord of wood will make more than a ton of 

 ground-wood pulp. It takes 20 per cent more timber to make paper 

 out of 20 per cent sulphite than it does out of all ground wood. One- 

 fifth more acreage of timber is required for the sulphite method." 



If this process proves generally feasible, it will do much to conserve 

 supplies and efifect a considerable saving in the cost of manufacturing 

 newsprint and in the consumption of sulphur. 



An untearable or reinforced paper, also waterproof, has been for 

 many years an object still to be attained by paper-makers, one pre- 

 ventive factor being the high cost of manufacture. The Little Journal 

 informs us that the goal has been reached and the goods are being 

 manufactured at last. It is a cotton, reinforced, waterproofed kraft 

 paper. It can be made stiff and hard or creped, and soft and thick or 

 thin. This paper will largely take the place of burlap, performing the 

 double service of (i) paper to keep out the dust, oil, water, and (2) 

 burlap for strong outside wrapping. The Red Cross has used large 

 quantities of this reinforced, waterproofed paper for wrapping surgical 

 dressings and a softer quality is used to make vests for soldiers. 



A new quarterly publication, Jarrah, devoted to the interests of the 

 Australian forests, has appeared at Perth, western Australia. It is 

 edited by J. S. Ogilvie, secretary of the Australian Forest League. In 

 adopting the name of the Australian wood for the publication it is not 

 the intention of the league, according to an editorial in the initial issue. 



