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Canadian Forestry Journal, April, ip20. 



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woodlot in the same way as he does 

 of his live stock or of his formland. 

 He continually thinks of these as in- 

 vested capital which should return a 

 regular profit. He thinks of his wood- 

 ot, not as profit-earning capital, but 

 as something more or less beyond his 

 control. Second, the farmer is not 

 well informed as to the possibilities 

 of the profitable practice of forestry 

 on his woodot. He fails to realize the 

 opportunity open to him of learning 

 how to make his woodlot pay. 



Year by year our woodlands are 

 getting into worse condition. Year 

 by year the prices of our wood pro- 

 ducts are increasing as the supply 

 decreases. The war has taught us 

 something of what we have to do in 

 order to make economic and efficient 

 use of what we have. Ls it not the 

 duty of every thoughtful man, on or 

 off the farm, to make the most of 

 what he has, be it personal ability, 

 education or invested capital in the 

 form of woodlots? 



CAPITAL IN LUMBERING. 



According to a preliminary rc'port 

 on th cluml)er industry of Canada is- 

 sued by the Dominion Bureau of Sta- 

 tistics, the total capital invested at 

 the end of tqi8 was $180,017,178. of 

 which logging and timl^er plants 

 totalled $36,516,701, mill cciuipmcnt 

 $53'79^v373- '^^^^ total number of 

 operating plants was 3,086. The num- 

 ber of pcrscMis employed on salaries 

 was 3.550, and the ti~>tal salaries paid 



were $4,911,735. 



The average number of persons 

 working for wages totalled 56.816, of 

 whom 26,735 were employed in opera- 

 tions in the woods, and 30,080 in the 

 mills. The total amount paid in 

 wages was $44,490,917. 



By provinces the value of the lum- 

 ber cut was as follows : Alberta, 

 $473,694: British Columbia, $27,992,- 

 976; Manitoba, $1,240,052; New 

 Brunswick, $12,189,312; Nova Scotia, 

 $4,089,039; Ontario, $33,165,137; 



Prince Edward Island, $136,336; Que- 

 bec, $20,916,6604; Saskatchewan. $2,- 

 122,307; Yukon, $10,315. 



BOOK REVIEW. 



Forests and Trees. B. J. Hales, B.A.. 

 LL.B., Principal Normal School* 

 Brandon, Man., Macmillan Co.. To- 

 ronto, 1919. 205 pages. 72 illustra_ 

 tions. 



In the preface of this book, recently 

 off the press, the author has stated 

 its ])urpose is to assist in impressing 

 u])()n the young the value of our Can- 

 adian forests. The book doubtless 

 will have great value in schools ; how- 

 ever, it is by no means a child's book, 

 since it can be read with interest and 

 advantage by older people who desire 

 to learn something of one of Canada's 

 most important natural resources. 

 'Hie author deals largely with condi- 

 tions in our three prairie provinces 

 but the remainder of Canada has not 

 been neglected. He has succeeded in 

 presenting in a way that makes in- 

 teresting reading, much inft^rmation 

 lliat niakrs the btx^k \aluable to 



