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examining them. As the ash used must possess 

 certain qualifications, many of the trees offered 

 have not proved suitable, but, nevertheless, the 

 Department much appreciated the assistance 

 offered. There was also a demand for oak as a 

 necessary material required for wagon-building, 

 etc., and in fact a demand existed for all timber, 

 especially soft woods, no matter what it was. 

 There was a ready market for it, so they need 

 have no fear in cutting anything in the shape of 

 timber to-day and not getting a good market for 

 it. ... The great problem which faced the Timber 

 Controller was to get the timber. If the landowners 

 could assist by felling, and by the use of their 

 horses and carts get the timber to the roadside, 

 where it could be picked up by mechanical trans- 

 port, it would greatly assist. To repeat, they 

 wanted to turn out next year (1918) 3,500,000 tons 

 of pit wood, and, roundly, 2,000,000 tons of sawn 

 wood. That was 5,500,000 tons. He thought that 

 we could carry through with that. But 6,000,000 

 would be better. That was the present position." 



The Controller obtained the supplies he wanted 

 in 1918. 



What has been the result of these operations in 

 the country ? 



We have witnessed the setting up of mills all 

 over the countryside, run by Canadians, Portu- 

 guese, German prisoners, and others. Felling has 

 been carried out on an enormous scale, especially 

 in the coniferous woods, the pine, larch, and spruce, 

 throughout the country. The lumbering methods of 

 the New World were introduced into our small woods. 



To the casual observer before the war, England 



