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ent, including forest officers and friends and those employed in related 

 activities. 



A new branch of the Canadian Forestry Association, to be known 

 as the standardization committee, was authorized at the annual meet- 

 ing at Montreal. The committee's work is primarily to endeavor to 

 standardize fire laws and regulations, forms and reports, fire-warning 

 posters, publicity literature, etc., tools, equipment and supplies, me- 

 chanical equipment and accessories; also to seek, encourage, experi- 

 ment with and develop new ideas, methods, and apparatus — all in con- 

 nection and allied with the profession of forest-fire protection. Wher- 

 ever standardization can be arrived at, it is suggested that one of the 

 benefits protective organization can secure is a reduction in the cost of 

 such items as posters, publicity literature, tools, mechanical apparatus 

 and accessories by combining their orders for such items with those of 

 other organizations. 



J. A. Larsen, in charge of the Priest River Experiment Station, has 

 made some further contribution to the subject of the occurrence of tree 

 seed in the duff. Thirteen samples of two square feet each were taken 

 from an area bearing a heavy stand of white pine and species common 

 to the type. The seed were sifted out from each sample of dufif and 

 counted. Using the figures obtained, the number of apparently good 

 seed to the acre is estimated as follows: White pine, 192,635; Douglas 

 fir, 5,027; western larch, 88,807; western hemlock, 5,027; western 

 cedar, 1,892,000; white fir, 62,842; Engelmann spruce, 1,676. The 

 seeds taken from the samples of duft will be tested for germination to 

 secure a basis for determining the seed per acre which are capable of 

 growth. 



A fire conference was held in Spokane. Wash.. January 13, 14, and 

 15. Thirty-nine were present, which number included members of the 

 district and supervisors' offices, representatives from the Idaho pro- 

 tective associations, and several visitors from neighboring districts. 

 Fire plans were discussed with reference to the experiences of the past 

 several seasons and needed revisions made in policy and procedure. 

 Detection, suppression, co-operation, publicity, and revision of forms 

 were among the subjects discussed. Through the assignment of major 

 subjects to committees, which prepared reports and recommendations 

 for the approval of the meeting at large, the entire ground was covered 

 in a relatively short time. 



