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The Canadian forestry association, vhich recently net 

 in Ottawa, has selected Halifax, Nova Scotia, for its next annual 

 meeting place. 



The stringent requirement of the forest service that 

 all sheep be dipped before entering the nation?,! forests has 

 practically eradicated scabies on those areas. 



The lumbermen of "Maine in 1900 originated in this 

 country the use of Mountain lookout towers with telephone, con- 

 nection for tlie prompt location and suppression of 1'orest fires. 



A California firm is selling oucalyptus charcoal at 

 v24 a ton, as against 20 a ton for of.k charcoal. Since nost 

 of the California-grown eucalypts do not make good lumber, uses 

 for other products of the tree are being sought. 



fifteen suall sp,v?raills are cutting timber from the 

 Powell nation:.! forest in southern Utah, more than 100 miles 

 from the nearest railroad. They are run by settlers during time 

 that 3 an be spared from the crops, and supply local needs since 

 there is no opportunity to ship timber in or out e 



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