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train of both passenger and freight cars of latest model, carrying 

 from town to town, where they would be sidetracked for a few 

 days, an exhibit that would demonstrate the uses of wood. This 

 is an admirable idea, well worth carrying out. The resulting good 

 for the cause of forest conservation from this educational pro- 

 paganda among the inhabitants of the towns thus favored would 

 be widespread. 



The Technical Section of the American Pulp and Paper Asso- 

 ciation offers a prize of $100 for the best paper on certain sub- 

 jects embodying problems met with by American manufacturers. 

 The purpose of this competition is, of course, to stimulate re- 

 search work for advancement in methods and processes in the 

 pulp and paper industry. The July 15th issue of the Pulp and 

 Paper Magazine of Canada publishes the list of subjects for 

 papers and the rules under which the competition will be carried 

 out. 



A forest map of the Philippine Islands has been prepared on a 

 scale of 1 : 800,000. It has been placed on exhibition in the 

 Philippine section at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. 



Announcement has been made that the appointment of a Chief 

 Conservator of Forests for the Bombay Presidency has been 

 sanctioned by the Secretary of State. 



The Diana Paper Company of Watertown, New York, has 

 planted 150,000 spruce seedlings on its property in the Adiron- 

 dacks. The company has established its own nurseries and will 

 continue the planting yearly. 



The Laurentide Company of Grand Mere, Quebec, are plan- 

 ning tree planting operations on a very large scale. Last year 

 150,000 trees were planted. This year, including spring and fall 

 planting, 500,000 trees will be set out, and as soon as possible 

 there will be planted annually a million trees, a number equal to 

 the Company's annual cut. 



A planting on 10 acres of cultivated area on Mount Maquiling, 

 P. I., of ipil-ipil has resulted in a splendid crop of young seedlings. 



