Canadian Forestry Journal, February, 1920 



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IMPROVED WOODS METHODS FOR QUEBEC 



Report of Committee on "Improved Loggmg 

 Operations for Quebec," u^.animously adopted 

 at meeting of Woodlands Section at Montreal: 



Your committee have the honor to report: 



First — That the suggestion of having a com- 

 mittee to consuh with the Hon. Minister of 

 Lands and Forests, Quebec, is approved of, and 

 we recommend that such committee shall consist 

 of the members of the executive committee of 

 the Province of Quebec Limit Holders' Associa- 

 tion, to confer with the Minister on all matters 

 relating to lands held under license from the 

 Province of Quebec. 



Second -That experiments be made m cleaii- 

 burning at the option of the limit holder in con- 

 junction with the Government Forest Service. 

 The sample plots on which these experiments 

 are made to remain a distinct forest reserve for 

 a sufficient length of time to permit of the re- 

 sults being studied. 



Third — Operating companies to forward ap- 

 plications for inspections which they wish made 

 by the Forestry Service of their territories six 

 months before beginning operations. 



Fourth In order to increase the output, all 

 operators should utilize and remove all diseased, 



lodged, blown-down, or burnt trees and tops 

 in their cutting areas, if of a commercial value 

 to the operator. 



Fifth- -That the personnel of the Forestry 

 Service be increased and larger cash appropria- 

 tions be made. 



Sixth That operators be advised that there 

 are forestry engineers , graduates of the Quebec 

 Forestry School, who might be available where 

 their services are required. 



Seventh Any limit-holder wishing to refor- 

 est any part of the territory he holds under 

 license to cut from the Province of Quebec 

 shall furnish a plan showing location of tract 

 to be reforested and a programme of reforest- 

 ing; these same to be studied and reported on 

 by the Forestry Service. 



The Government to furnish the necessary 

 stock free. 



The limit-holder to plant the stock in co- 

 operation with the Forestry Service. 



The expenditure to be reimbursed by the Gov 

 ernment, deducting the amount from the limit 

 holder's stumpage account for the current year. 



The lands so reforested to continue to form 

 part of the license. 



CAN LUMBERMEN AFFORD TO BURN DEBRIS) 



A forestry meeting that is certain to have an 

 excellent effect was held at Montreal on January 

 28th, under the auspices of the Quebec Forest 

 Protective Association. The attendance was 

 excellent and the policy of having few formal 

 papers and giving maximum time for general 

 discussion proved most successful. The pro- 

 gramme included the subjects of railway fire 

 protection and slash disposal. An interesting 

 paper, published elsewhere in this issue was 

 read by Mr. Lyons of the Laurentide Company. 

 Mr. J. D. Brule had also much interesting data 

 derived from experiments in slash disposal on 

 the limits of John Fenderson & Co., Sayabec, 

 Que. The latter experiment lasted six days, 

 three men being used to follow the logging crew. 

 As trees were felled the limbs were piled and 

 burned. Much difficulty was encountered in 

 keeping the fires going. Mr. Brule based his 

 figures of costs on a charge of $2 per day per 

 man, and board at 75 cents per day per man. 

 The stand contained 39 per cent spruce, 20 per 

 cent fir, and 50 per cent cedar. The logging 



slash of 1 ,640 bd. feet was disposed of at a 

 total cost of $4.42 per M. on one section. Other 

 experiments showed a cost per M. of $3.20. 

 $2.70, $2.50, $2.53, and for a solid cedar stand 

 of $4.58, making an average of $3.32. For fir 

 and spruce alone Mr. Brule gave an average 

 cost of $2.73 per M. 



COST HIGH FOR COMPANIES. 



"Speaking of my section," said Mr. Brule, 

 "lumbermen would have to increase from seven 

 to ten the personnel of each logging crew if a 

 clean burning of slash is to be obtained. .At 

 that rate it is certainly evident thai operators 

 will not attempt to do the work unless the Pro- 

 vincial Government is willing to meet thorn half- 

 way in the expenditure. ' 



As against the factor of increased cost, Mr. 

 Brule believed that the chances for more gen- 

 erous reproduction of young trees were greatly 

 increased. On an area of four to five acres he 

 counted 2^7 young trees which were liberated 

 through the piling and burning of ^Ia<h. The 

 destruction of natural nests for insect and fung- 



