372 journal of forestry 



War Sai^aries for Swedish Foresters 



Because of conditions due to the war, members of the Swedish 

 Forest Service have during the past year (1917), in common with 

 other State employees, been receiving a 15 per cent increase in their 

 usual salaries. In addition to this, assistance is also given to those 

 having a wife and children under 15 years old to support, the extent 

 of the assistance varying in accordance with the amount of their in- 

 come and property tax. For the year 191 8 additional salaries, vary- 

 ing from about $50 to $100 a year, have been provided for the lower 

 grades in the State Forest personnel. 



Most of the trade journals report fully on the transactions of the 

 Ninth Annual Pacific Logging Congress, held at Seattle, Washington, 

 October 18, 19, and 20, 1917. Besides food conservation, the elimi- 

 nation of waste, and economy in the management of the cook-house, 

 which occupy prominent places in the discussion, papers were presented 

 on gasoline locomotives, powdered coal for fuel, location and construc- 

 tion of logging railroads, bridge construction, the relation of forest 

 schools to the lumber industry, etc. It is gratifying to note that for- 

 estry and logging engineering are commanding more and more attention 

 from the lumbermen as the years go by. 



At a meeting of the Canadian Society of Forest Engineers, held at 

 Ottawa on November 27, resolutions were adopted having reference 

 to the proposed Forestry Branch in New Brunswick. An advisory 

 board of five members is suggested, the Minister of Lands, Forests, 

 and Mines to be chairman, with the Deputy Minister, a technically 

 trained chief of forests, and rwo lumber or pulp mill men ; appoint- 

 ments to this service to be supplied through an examining board. The 

 permit system for setting our fires and other fire legislation, including 

 enforced slash burning at the discretion of the Government, were 

 recommended. 



An investigation of the wood-fuel situation in Indiana by the State 

 Board of Forestry shows that with chestnut hard coal at $9.63 a ton, 

 wood at $2.52 per rick of 8 by 4 feet by 16 to 22 inches, and assuming 

 a fuel value of one ton of coal equal to a cord of wood, the latter is 

 cheaper than the coal. It is claimed that the woodlot owner could 

 realize from $5 to $12 per day for his labor and team and at the same 

 time improve his woodlot. 



