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experiments are carried out as thoroughly as conceived, a remark- 

 able advancement of technical knowledge should be the result. 



B. E. F. 



First Annual Conference of the Woods Department, Berlin 

 Mills Company. Gorham, N. H., 1913. 



This well-printed volume of 141 pages (for private distribution 

 only) denotes an interesting, new and significant departure attest- 

 ing to the progressiveness of the company which produced it. 

 Mr. W. R. Brown, the general manager, is one of the directors of 

 the American Forestry Association. 



The meeting was, of course, conceived with a view of secur- 

 ing greater efficiency through the exchange of ideas among the 

 staff of this widely branched department. 



The volume collects some twenty-two addresses by as many 

 members of the department, covering all the various practical 

 questions and problems of the Woods Department. This de- 

 partment, by the way, was represented at the meeting by 70 mem- 

 bers, among whom four are designated as Foresters. 



We may recite only the titles of the addresses, of which, while 

 some of them are of elementary character, many are replete with 

 practical suggestions : 



Scientific Management in Lumbering and the Care of Timber- 

 lands. 



Wood and its Uses. 



Government, Seigniory and Patented Lands in Canada. 



Species, Value and Growth of Trees. 



Preliminary Estimating, Surveying and Mapping. 



Conducting Forest Surveys. 



flaking. Driving and Loading 4-foot Pulpwood. 



The Making, Driving and Scale of 13-foot Logs. 



Alaking and Driving Long Logs. 



Pulpwood Scale and Inspection. 



Scaling of Long Logs. 



Bookkeeping and Reports. 



Agency and Contracts. 



Business Functions of a Quebec Notary. 



Railroad Transportation and Traffic. 



