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rotation, two-thirds of this area should be planted in the first 40 

 years. Pitwood would be provided from the quicker-growing species 

 in the better situations from the fifteenth year on and by the fortieth 

 year plantations made in the first ten years should supply sufficient 

 pit props in emergency for two years at the present rate of consump- 

 tion. At least 150,000 acres of the first 250,000 acres should be planted 

 by State agency and 100,000 by local bodies and private owners, with 

 State assistance and control. A Forestry Commission, composed of 

 six members, and represented by a parliamentary commissioner in the 

 House of Commons, who would answer for the department and prac- 

 tically be its minister, would control the scheme. It is recommended 

 that this commission should also control forestry education and main- 

 tain an administration woods for practical work. 



Any one interested in Canadian forest and lumber trade matters will 

 find full and reliable information in the Export Edition of the Canada 

 Lumheruian (Vol. 39, No. 9) issued in May. It is a magnificent pub- 

 lication, of 270 pages, and may be obtained from the Canada Lumber- 

 man, Toronto, Canada. It is interesting to note that foresters have 

 contributed the bulk of the reading matter. Among the contents are 

 the following articles : Surveying the Forest Resources of Canada, by 

 R. H. Campbell, Director Dominion Forestry Branch ; Taking an In- 

 ventory of Canada's Forest Assets ; How Export Shipments are Car- 

 ried Through ; How the Timber is Logged for the Sawmill, by G. A. 

 Mulloy and W. M. Robertson; British Columbia Export Trade Re- 

 viewed, by H. R. MacMillan ; Annual Exports of Wood Products from 

 Canada; Province of Quebec, Rich in Timber Resources, by A. Bedard, 

 Assistant Chief of the Quebec Forest Service ; How Canada's Timber 

 Limits are Cruised, by P. L. Lyford ; Work of Forest Products Labora- 

 tories, by J. S. Bates; Promising Outlook for Nova Scotia Lumber, by 

 Hon. O. T. Daniels ; Types of Timber Possessed by Ontario, by E. J. 

 Zavitz ; Keeping Unimpaired Canada's Timber Wealth, by C. D. Howe. 



The Empire State Forest Products Association has begun the issu- 

 ance of periodic bulletins, the first appearing in February, 1919. This 

 contains the constitution of the association and various other adminis- 

 trative matters. The objects and character of membership should 

 be a power for good to the forestry cause if carried out as stated: 

 "to protect, perpetuate and increase rational and constructive systems 

 of forestry." The membership is open to : "every person, firm, or 

 corporation owning forest land or engaged in the industries of manu- 



