Canadian Forestry Joumalf January 1913. 



spot where the original Mcintosh Red 

 apple tree stood. The newspapers in 

 describing this ceremony stated that 

 in 1797 John Mcintosh, who was one 

 of the United Empire Loyalists, came 

 to Upper Canada from the United 

 States and settled in Dundas County. 

 On the ground which he cleared for 

 a home he found a number of young 

 wild apple trees. He tested these 

 and one produced fruit of such su- 

 perior colour and quality that he 

 named it Mcintosh Red. His son 

 Allan propagated from it and dis- 

 seminated the variety, which has be- 

 come popular over a large part of 

 the continent. In 1893 the old tree 

 was injured by fire, but continued to 

 bear till 1908 when it completely 

 died down. 



TEACHING CHILDREN TO LOVE 

 TREES. 



The New York State College of 

 Forestry at Syracuse University, 

 designated and established by the 

 Legislature for educational work in 

 forestry in New York, has sent a 

 letter to the Principals of all the 

 High and Preparatory Schools of the 

 State offering to give illustrated lec- 

 tures and demonstrations upon fores- 

 try before the schools so that every 

 pupil in these schools may under- 

 stand what forestry is and may learn 

 to love the trees and forests. 



LUMBERING AS A SCIENCE. 



British Columbia Magazine. 



Asserting that lumbering should be 

 regarded as a science and as a pro- 

 fession, the British Columbia Lum- 

 ber and Shingle Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation and the Canadian Forestry 

 Association have asked for the estab- 

 lishment of a course in logging engi- 

 neering at the new University of Bri- 

 tish Columbia. The success which 

 has attended the agricultural colleges 

 of Canada and the United States in 

 equipping the farmers' sons with a 

 scientific knowledge of husbandry, is 



evidence of what might be expected 

 from similar courses devoted to log- 

 ging engineering. The courses of 

 study in our agricultural colleges 

 have been intensely practical and 

 helpful. The lumber industry de- 

 serves the same consideration for 

 those who desire to become expert 

 loggers and lumbermen, in the broad- 

 est sense of the term. 



CIVIL SERVICE PROMOTION. 



Hamilton Herald. 



Promotion by personal favoritism 

 and political 'pull' instead of promo- 

 tion by merit and seniority is one of 

 the gravest abuses of the Canadian 

 Civil Service. It is a deep-rooted evil, 

 and as old as the service itself. It 

 impairs the efficiency of the service 

 by putting a premium on inefficiency. 

 Able men in the public service are 

 deprived of the natural incentive to 

 do their work well and qualify for 

 higher duties. When it is known 

 that efficiency does not count for 

 much, and that the man who bases 

 his hopes for promotion solely on his 

 efficiency has no chance in competi- 

 tion with the man who has an in- 

 fluential relative or political friend to 

 work for his advancement, why should 

 men waste time and energy in im- 

 proving themselves? The system op- 

 erates to kill honorable ambition to 

 excel. It tends to lower the person- 

 nel of the Civil Service to a dead level 

 of mediocrity. 



AFTER THE GYPSY MOTH. 



The Canadian Department of Cus- 

 toms has issued an order prohibiting 

 the importation from New England 

 states of forest plant products in- 

 cluding logs, tan bark, posts, poles, 

 railway ties, cordwood and lumber, 

 unless accompanied by a certificate 

 from the United States Department 

 of Agriculture that such products 

 are free from the gypsy moth. 



