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Canadian Forestry Journal, April 1913. 



going dates for these tickets will be 

 July 3 to 6 inclusive. 



The certificates signed by the Sec- 

 retary at Winnipeg will be honored 

 up to and including July 24 for re- 

 turn. 



These rates are for all rail trips. Where 

 it is desired to make part of the trip by 

 steamer across the Great Lakes the rates 

 will be as follows: — 



P^oing all-rail, returning lake and rail, 

 $9 additional 



Going lake and rail, returning all-rail, 

 $4 additional. 



Going lake and rail, returning same 

 route, $13 additional. 



Convention rates have been secured 

 for delegates from British Columbia 

 points, particulars of which may be 

 had upon application to the secretary. 



Mr. R. S. Gourlay, President of 

 the Canadian Manufacturers Associ- 

 ation, in addressing the Canadian 

 Club of Ottawa, on March 29, on 

 'Ontario Present and Future,' drew 

 attention to some matters which are 

 apt to be overlooked. People often 

 spoke of wheat as king, yet timber, 

 not wheat, was the largest single 

 crop in Canada. The figures are : 

 timber, $166,000,000; wheat, $121,- 

 000,000. Mr. Gourlay also drew at- 

 tention to the value of the tourist or 

 sporting value of fish in Ontario. 

 Ontario was fitted to be the great 

 holidaying ground of the continent, 

 if not of the world, and it behooved 

 her, therefore, to protect these game 

 and recreation features by protect- 

 ing her forests. Mr. Gourlay has 

 long been a friend of forest con- 

 servation, and this is an aspect that 

 is coming more and more to appeal 

 to the business men of the country. 



Those who do not believe forest 

 conservation is making progress on 

 this continent must keep their eyes 

 closed to the fact. Even five or six 

 years ago it was difficult to get ma- 

 terial dealing with forest conserva- 

 tion. To-day it is impossible to take 

 up a newspaper or magazine with- 

 out finding articles on the subject. 



Besides this on every hand organiza- 

 tions are springing up, or are being 

 strengthened, to support the cause. 

 There is much to be done. There is 

 no time to lose for each year sees in- 

 roads made by fire into our forests, 

 one hundred or two hundred years 

 old. There is much avoidable w^aste. 

 There is every need for all friends of 

 conservation to work to have this 

 progressive sentiment crystallize in- 

 to action. But at the same time, 

 while there is the need, there is also 

 the encouragement that much has 

 been accomplished and that ground 

 is being gained every day. It is the 

 aim of the Canadian Forestry Jour- 

 nal to give a bird's eye view of the 

 field, and the result is that articles 

 have to be shortened in order that 

 even important happenings may be 

 briefl}^ chronicled. Our readers are 

 sending in communications as never 

 before, and as it will always be the 

 ai]n to publish first those article"; 

 dealing with our own country and 

 our own time, the Editor will appre- 

 ciate the development of this fea- 

 ture. 



The preservation of mine timbers by 

 chemical treatment has not yet been adopted 

 by the mining industries of Canada. In 

 many localities, however, the distances re- 

 quired to transport mining timbers are be- 

 coming greater, poorer qualities of woods 

 have to be used and the annual cost of the 

 upkeep of mine timbering is becoming 

 greater. In the United States much has 

 been done in the treatment of mine tim- 

 bers and it has been proved that a treatment 

 of creosote or zinc chloride decreases the 

 destruction due to decay, fire and insects. 

 This increases the life of the timbers and 

 decreases the annual cost of replacing mine 

 timbers. Timber used in mines has, on the 

 average, a shorter life than wood used for 

 any other purpose. The surroundings in a 

 mine are very conducive to rot, which, after 

 a period of three to five years, causes the 

 timber to break, crumble and become use- 

 less. Experiments have been conducted in 

 United States mines with a row of untreated 

 and treated mine props alternately placed. 

 In one instance, after 18 months, every un- 

 treated stick was weakened by decay and 

 broken, while the treated props were sound 

 and useful. From various practical experi- 

 ments of this kind with different species 

 of wood important results have been ob- 

 tained. 



