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Canadian Foreitry Journal, June, 1919 



Into the teeth of the saws. At the foot of the jackladder of the slasher mill, Anglo-New- 

 f<iunrlland Development Company, Grand Falls, Nfd. 



timberland owners whom they had interested, a 

 voluntary association was formed, consisting of 

 the hmit-holders, and of the Government, to 

 institute a patrol on the railway through for- 

 ested lands. The expense of this patrol is 

 borne by the Government which contributes 

 about half, and by limit-holders who contribute 

 the balance, roughly in proportion to their tim- 

 ber holdings. 



The fire patrol system is administered by a 

 Commission, consisting of the Minister and his 

 deputy, :ind five or six resident representatives 

 of the limit-holders. No serious losses have oc- 

 curred on lands patrolled by this committee's 

 appointees, since its inauguration in 1910. The 

 cost to limit-holders averages about 60 cents per 

 square mile annually. 



This is a comparatively small expense, and 

 is explained by the absence of interior roads, 

 consequently there is not much travel in woods 

 far from the railway Lightning fires are un- 

 known Each operating company must control 

 its own woods employees, such as loggers and 

 drivers. 



Operate for Permanency. 



In any paper on forestry progress, forest 

 fire prevention is entitled to the first place which 

 has been given it here. If sweeping and soil- 

 destroying fires cannot be first prevented, the 

 expenditure of money on forest planting, or on 

 logging for a sustained yield, must be poor 

 business. It may be stated that fire patrols 

 henceforth will be adequate to meet conditions 

 as they arise. 



Regarding progress in forestry in other direc- 

 tions, the writer can only speak definitely for 

 the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Co., 

 Limited. The policy of this company is certain- 

 ly to handle their limits for permanency, not to 

 cut over once and close down A forest survey 

 was started before the war, and has been re- 

 commenced This will eventually give a com- 

 plete topographic and forest survey of the en- 

 tire limits, nearly 2,500,000 acres. 



Volume tables for computing strip surveys 

 have been made locally. Growth tables, show- 

 ing increment in volume, D.B.H., and height, for 

 the different species and types have been made, 

 although in some cases they require strengthen- 



