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ing by further data. These so far are based on 

 complete stem analysis. Regeneration studies, 

 to determ.ine what new growth has followed clear 

 cuttings, and partial cuttings, and old burns, 

 have been made. A number of sample acres 

 have been laid out for permanent observation, 

 and have been logged in various ways, different 

 diameter limits, etc., with a view to finding out 

 whether any logging system which will give a 

 better second crop, is commercially feasible in 

 the pulp business. This study will take some 

 time, but seems the only way to get really re- 

 liable data, necessary for determination of 

 policies. 



Burning of Slash. 



Burning of slash in spring will, from obser- 

 vations made on burns, give a better proportion 

 of spruce than is obtained by clear cutting and 

 leaving brush to rot. Burning during logging 

 seems to be more expensive; broadcast burning 

 in early spring, when fire will scarcely run be- 

 tween the piles, gives results that promise well. 



The hardwood problem is less serious here 

 than on the mainland. White birch is the only 

 hardwood, and hardly ever forms a pure stand, 

 the natural types being mostly coniferous. Bud- 

 worm injury has not been reported in the colony. 



In logging, considerable progress has been 

 made in close utilization, through cutting stumps 

 low, and leaving no merchantable wood in tops. 

 Practice usually will compare favorably in this 

 respect with that in vogue in pulpwood cutting 

 on this continent. 



At the present time, no branch of forest in- 

 vestigation promises larger returns than studies 

 directed towards solving problems of manage- 

 ment of pulpwood lands for permanent use. In 

 starting work on these problems, one is struck 

 by the lack of practical, exact knowledge so im- 

 portant to the permanence of the pulp and paper 

 industry. This industry should be a permanent 

 one in Eastern Canada, and its importance in 

 maintaining the prosperity of that section can 

 scarcely be over-estimated. 



PIGEONS AS FIRE MESSENGERS. 



Carrier pigeons used in fire protection on the 

 forests in Oregon and Washington is the latest. 

 Forest Examiner W. J. Sproat will inaugurate 

 the experiment on the Deschutes Forest. He 

 has five pairs of birds. Similar experiments 

 will be tried on the Cascade. The plan is to use 

 the pigeons as a means of communication in 

 emergencies and for carrying fire reports. 



SEED TIME AND HARVEST. 



(Brockville Recorder) 



"It is sometimes argued that we do not need 

 to concern ourselves about the forests of the 

 future because the forests we now have will 

 last us for 50 or 100 years, or even longer; 

 that it is futile to worry about the matter, so 

 long as we have wood. Of course, it is pos- 

 sible to estimate the length of time our present 

 supply of timber will hold out, assuming certain 

 fixed domestic and foreign demands (demands, 

 incidentally, which are by no means fixed). 

 This question has no direct bearing on the 

 problem of keeping forest lands productive. Let 

 us suppose, for example, that under certain 

 estimated demands our present forests will last 

 us for a hundred years. That is no reason at 

 all why we should allow cut-over lands to be- 

 come wastes or near-wastes. In the first place, 

 it takes a hundred years, let us say, for a seed- 

 ling to grow into a respectable tree, fit for the 

 saw. The trees we are now cutting are, on the 

 average, much older. The time to start our 

 new forests, therefore, is now — not a hundred 

 years from now — for otherwise we should have 

 a long period during which we should be With- 

 out adequate supplies of timber." 



GOOD WORK BY ROYAL BANK. 



Many a helping hand is being extended these 

 days to further the cause of forest protection. 

 The Royal Bank of Canada has gone to much 

 trouble and expense in issuing a large quantity 

 of attractive blotters bearing the following 

 legends: 



CAN.\DA CAXXOT .AFFORD 

 FOREST FIliES! 



Most forest fires are causeil by campers and 

 settlers. Lij^ht a small camp fire on rocks, gravel. 

 or sand, never against a tree or in a dry bog. Put 

 the tire out completely. Leaye nothing smouTdering. 

 Never throw away a matcii or cigarette end when 

 in III near a stand of timber. 



lA.XAllA HAS NOT ONE ACRE OF COMMER- 

 CIAL TIMBER TO spare: 

 With the Compliments of 

 Till': ROYAL B.\NK OF (WNAPA. 



CA.N.VD.V CANNOT AFF(_>UU 

 FOREST fires: 

 Make yourself a "Deputy Fire Ranger" wlietli.r 

 in the woods this year for business or for pleasure 

 and help to check the fire waste. 



Three (piarters of a billion dollars' timber loss 

 since Confederation! 



With the Compliments of 

 THE ROYAL H.WK OF C.V.VAD.V. 



