Tapping the Tree. 



|« Ourtosy War Cry. 



FORESTS AND STREAM FLOW. 



The Forest Service ami the Weather 

 Bureau of the United States will co- 

 operate in an investigation of the effect 

 of the forest on streani-tlow. The investi- 

 gation is to be carrietl on near Wjijjon 

 Wheel Gap in the Rio Grande National 

 Forest, on two watersheds of similar tojio- 

 graphy. The stations for observation will 

 be at an altitude of about 9,.'>00 ft. The 

 flow of the two streams will be measured 

 for a period of eight or ten years — long 

 enough to show that under similar condi- 

 tions the behaviour of the streams is the 

 same. Then one of the watersheds will 

 be cleared and the observations will be 

 continued for a further period of eight 

 or ten years, so that the effects of denu- 

 dation may be determined. 



CANADA'S WORK IN CONSERVATION. 



The prosperity of recent years has attract* 

 ed to the Dominion the attention of capi- 

 talists eager to acquire and monopolize for 

 their own benefit whatever revenue-producing 

 assets the country possesses. More fortunate 

 than older countries, Canada still retains 

 control of a vast portion of her national 

 wealth, and it rests with her people of to-day 

 to decide whether she shall waste her heri- 

 tage like the prodigal or preserve it for the 

 good of millions yet unborn. — New York 

 Outlook. 



Hand corn-planters are being used on the 

 Coeur-d'Alene (Montana) National Forest for 

 sowing white pine seed. 



It is said that a substitute for cotton 

 has been made from spruce pulp. 



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