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wood plantations shall be established with the 

 object of growing at home th2 $400,000 worth 

 of coniferous timbers imported into West 

 Australia annually. 



The Conservator is given power to build the 

 necessary trained organization to carry out the 

 provisions of the Act, and to establish a scheme, 

 if necessary, to develop the field employees. 



Remarkable Planting Profits. 



In this connection certain coniferous planta- 

 tions in Australia have shown phenomenal re- 

 sults. Pinus insignis in particular at 25 to 30 

 years of age has reached an average annual 

 growth of 2,400 to 2,800 feet board measure 

 per acre. This in a country where common box 

 lumber is in great demand in normal times at 

 $30.00 per thousand, allows an ample return 

 from forest planting. 



The efforts of Mr. Lane Poole will be watched 

 with interest throughout Australia. He has suc- 

 ceeded in developing a more active public sup- 

 port and entrenching himself in a stronger 

 position than has yet been reached by any 

 Forest Service in Canada. He has also accepted 

 heavier responsibilities. He has the advantage 

 of working in very close contact with his public, 

 as is possible in a small community. 



CEDAR FOR PAPER MAKING. 



Editor Forestry Journal: — 



Is it true that cedar is being used in pulp 

 manufacture in Canada? 



One large British Columbia pulp and paper 

 company now uses a large proportion of western 

 cedar in their kraft pulp. The product is said 

 to be highly satisfactory from every point of 

 view. 



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THE "PEPTIMIST." 



An Optimist is one who hopes; a pessimist 

 one who doubts, and a "psptimist" one who 

 gets. That is what a recent shingle conference 

 was told during a talk on "pepticism" by the 

 sales manager of a raisin company -which sug- 

 gests the desirability of unfolding outside talent 

 occasionally at a lumber convention. The new 

 word is sufficiently valuable to be retained, 

 especially in the lumber industry, which always 

 had a good deal of the quality which it stands 

 for. — "American Lumbermen." 



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