528 



C aiuuiiaii J'orcstry Mayazinc, November, i(j20 



finite (lata from actual measurements 

 rather than .guesses from ocular esti- 

 mates. .\l)Mui a dozen and a half l)iill) 

 and pa])er ccjmpanies in Eastern Canada 

 employ foresters and for the most ])art 

 they are eni^a.s^ed in ' stock-takint^ to 

 determine the present supply and in 

 o-rowth studies in order to predict the 

 future su])ply. Their reports are usually 

 accompanied' by maps, showing topo- 

 ,oi-ai)hv and drainage, and plans for closer 

 utilization of materials and the reduc- 

 tion of waste in logging and driving oper- 

 ations. Some twenty or more under- 

 graduates in Forestry at Toronto were 

 working on timber crusing parties dur- 

 ing the past summer and as many more 

 could have been placed had they been 

 available. 



Reforestation by planting is each year 

 taking a more important place in the 

 forestrv plans of pulp and paper com- 

 panies.' Some of them are practically 

 committed to the policy of planting an- 

 nually a number of trees equal to those 

 cut each year. The forest planting plans 

 of provincial governments in the East 

 are also rapidly expanding. Reforesta- 

 tion work will claim the attention of an 

 increa3ing number of forestry school 

 graduates in the future. 



More Pny in Private Service. 



As a wliok'. the salaries of foresters in 

 ])rivale service are higher than thfjse in 

 government service — a condition that 

 <loes not a]:)i)ly to the forestry profession 

 alone. Naturally, no definite schedule 

 of salaries can be given. Several men in 

 ])rivate employment are reported to be 

 earning more than $6,000 and perhaps in 

 one or two cases as high as $10,000 a 

 year. 



Forestry students who are intellectual- 

 ly inclined and are attracted by the ques- 

 tion marks scattered so abundantly 

 throughout the forest and bristling out of 

 nearly every process in a pulp and j^aper 

 mill may find abundant opportunities 

 for research work. At the present time 

 the supply of properly trained men for 

 this kind of work is much smaller than 

 the demand. 



If a young man gets more enjoyment 

 out of the mere making of money than 

 he does from constructive work he would 

 better not enter the profession of fores- 

 try. If he is content with a salaried posi- 

 tion that gives certainly as much and 

 probably more opportunity for individual 

 development and constructive accom- 

 plishment than any other profession, then 

 he will find satisfaction in forestry. 



Paper from Wood Pulp Made in 

 England in 1801 



By the kindness of Sir Mayson l'>ea- 

 ton, the Canadian Forestry Magazine 

 has been privileged to look oyer a most 

 interesting and rare book which clanns 

 to contain the first sheets of paper made 

 from wood fibre in the British Isles. 

 The book was written by Matthias 

 Koops in 1801 and is entitled: "Histori- 

 cal account of the substances which have 

 been used to describe events and to con- 

 vey ideas from the earhest date to the 

 invention of Paper." 



Mr. Koops. who was a practical paper 

 maker asserts that the book, contains the 

 first paper made from both straw and 

 wood pulp, with no admixture of rags or 

 other vegetable material. 



"I am able to produce to the public," 

 says the author, very strong and fine 



paper made from straw and wood, with- 

 out any addition of any other known 

 paper stufif, notwithstanding that I have 

 not yet had the advantage of making it 

 in a mill, regularly built for such a new 

 undertaking." 



One section of the book appears on an 

 excellent make of wood pulp paper, and 

 the section printed on straw paper is al- 

 most equally attractive. Mr. Koops 

 claimed that he had invented a process 

 to restore waste paper to its original con- 

 dition by the extraction of the ink. As 

 far as the Forestry Magazine is aware, 

 no such process is today in successful 

 operation, although inferior wrapping 

 papers are manuactured from waste 

 newspapers. 



