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judgment and staying qualities are 

 required. 



The Forest Service uniform is a 

 neat and inconspicuous olive-green 

 worsted or corduroy, devoid of brass 

 buttons and gold lace. As a sign of 

 his authority each officer wears a 

 small bronze shield-shaped badge 

 bearing in its centre a pine tree — 

 the forester's talisman. Though em- 

 powered to make arrests, even with- 

 out warrant in certain cases, the au- 

 thority is exercised only in flagrant 

 cases. In some States rangers act 

 as deputy game wardens and render 

 valuable assistance in preventing the 

 unlawful taking of fish and game 

 from regions where hunting and fish- 

 ing are the best and where poach- 

 ing is hardest to detect. Though 

 often armed and usually a good shot, 

 it is considered very bad form for 

 a ranger to make any public display 

 of his gun or his marksmanship. 



The ranger keeps a diary covering 

 in detail each day's business. When 

 the Forests were first established his 

 work was largely patrol and a sam- 

 ple page from one man's diary is 

 said to have been as follows : 



'October 1, 1904. Patrolled out of 

 my blankets ; patrolled to the creek ; 

 built a fire ; patrolled to breakfast 

 and patrolled after my horse. Pa- 

 trolled all day; patrolled to supper 

 and to bed. Cold night ; used my 

 report blank for extra cover ; pa- 

 trolled to sleep.' 



But things have changed and now 

 the rawest recruit does more than 

 patrol, and his reports, Avhile num- 

 erous, are concise and to the point. 



The rangers are a loyal and en- 

 thusiastic corps of men, on the alert 

 to resent any outside criticism of 

 the Service or its methods. Should 

 you overhear a couple of rangers ex- 

 changing hard luck stories of long 

 hours, small pay, slow promotion, 

 superabundance of red tape and a 

 general lack of appreciation of them- 

 selves and their troubles by their 

 superior officers, you may wonder 

 why thev stay by their jobs. They 

 stay because the work appeals to 



them. The love of God's out-of- 

 doors, the pleasure of breathing pure 

 air fragrant with the smell of the 

 pines, the dependence upon one's 

 own resources, the joy of doing a 

 big task well, the opportunities for 

 Imnting and fishing, of exploring 

 new lands, and the discipline and 

 training one unconsciously receives, 

 these are compensation greatly in 

 excess of the limited pay the Gov- 

 ernment can offer. 



CANADIAN CLUBS AND FORESTS. 



At the luncheon hour on Friday, Jan. 

 20, Dr. B. E. Fernow was the guest of 

 honor at a luncheon given by the Canadian 

 Club of Quebec, and afterwards gave an 

 address on the subject: 'What the mem- 

 bers of Canadian Clubs can do to protect 

 our forests. ' 



Tn the absence of Lt.-Col. B. A. Scott, 

 president of the club, the chair was taken 

 by the vice-president, Mr. G. A. Vandry. 



Prof. Fernow, in his address, referred 

 to the preservation of Canada 's forests 

 as a patriotic duty incumbent on Cana- 

 dians, despite the great temptation to be 

 extravagant which the very abundance of 

 the country's resources gave rise to. As 

 business men Canadians should carefully 

 consider what their assets were and 'take 

 stock' of their forests and of their other 

 natiiral resources. Properly preserved and 

 cared for the timber supply of Canada 

 could be prolonged indefinitely. 



MAP OF TREE DISTRIBUTION. 



A vivid idea of the number of trees 

 distributed to farmers throughout the 

 prairie region is given by a map recently 

 issued by the Dominion Forestry Branch. 

 The map is of the same size as the regular 

 ' homestead maps, ' and on it are indi- 

 cated, alongside the name of each rail- 

 way station, the number- of trees sent 

 there during the time that the scheme has 

 been in operation. 



ONTARIO TIMBER CUT FOR 1910-1911. 



It is estimated that the cut of white 

 pine on Ontario Crown lands for the win- 

 ter just past amounted to 640,000,000 feet, 

 an increase of 35,000,000 feet over the 

 cut for 190i)-Jl)10. The cut of other tim- 

 ber is estimated at 100,000.000 feet, an 

 increase of 5,000,000 feet. To offset this 

 the cut of ]mb'wood is thought to have 

 decreased by 38,000 cords, only about 

 100,000 cords having been cut. 



