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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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HARVARD 



UNIVERSITY 



DEPT. OF FORESTRY 

 BUSSEY INSTITUTION 



/^VFFERS specialized graduate 

 training leading to the de- 

 gree of Master of Forestry in the 

 following fields : Silviculture 

 and Management, Wood Tech- 

 nology, Forest Entomology 

 Dendrology, and (in co-opera- 

 tion with the Graduate School 

 of Business Administration) the 

 Lumber Business. 



For further particulars 

 address 



RICHARD T. FISHER 



Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 



t . W.*. MMM 



Yale School of 

 Forestry 



Established in 1900 



A Graduate Department of Yale 

 University 



The two years technical course pre- 

 pares for the general practice of for- 

 estry and leads to the degree of 



M aster of Forestry. 



Special opportunities in all branches 

 of forestry for 



Advanced and Research Work. 



For students planning to engage 

 in forestry or lumbering in the 

 Tropics, particularly tropical Amer- 

 ica, a course is offered in 



Tropical Forestry. 

 Lumbermen and others desiring in- 

 struction in special subjects may be 

 enrolled as 



Special Students. 

 A field course of eight weeks in the 

 summer is available for those not 

 prepared for, or who do not wish 

 to take the technical courses. 



For further information and cata- 

 logue, address: The Director of the 

 School of Forestry, New Haven, Con- 

 j necticut, U. S. A. 



executive work of one of the Government 

 plants for making poison gas. Mr. Cha- 

 hoon has always taken a great interest in 

 the development of Forestry and is a mem- 

 ber of the Canadian Society of Forest En- 

 gineers and a Director of the Canadian 

 Forestry Association. The founding of the 

 St. Maurice Forest Protective Association 

 was in large measure due to his support 

 and active co-operation. All movements 

 for the protection and perpetuation of the 

 forests had his active interest. Mr. Van 

 de Carr, Superintendent of the Ground 

 Wood Mill of the same company, has fol- 

 lowed Mr. Chahoon into gas work. 



The increasing interest being taken by 

 lumbermen and pulp and paper manufac- 

 turers in forestry matters is very encourag- 

 ing and it is safe to say that as far as 

 eastern Canada is concerned forestry has 

 made as much if not more progress than 

 on any part of the continent and that fu- 

 ture prospects for practical forestry are 

 very bright. 



IMPORTANT FOREST LEGISLATION 



IN CANADA 

 HPHROUGH the representation made by 

 Clyde Leavitt, Chief Forester for the 

 Conservation Commission, and the very 

 active interest of the Deputy Minister, Col. 

 T. G. Loggie, who has advocated such 

 and Mines, Hon. E. A. Smith, a new Forest 

 Act was passed, and the Forest Fires Act 

 revised during the last session of the legis- 

 lature. These two acts comprise the most 

 advanced piece of legislation concerning 

 forest protection on the continent. 



The Forest Act provides for a Crown 

 Land Advisory Board composed of the 

 Minister of Lands and Mines. Deputy 

 Minister, Provincial Forester and two oth- 

 ers ; one elected by the Crown Land 

 licencees and one chosen by the Minister 

 to represent the granted forest land owners. 

 This advisory board has the power to make 

 all permanent appointments and to super- 

 vise all matters in relation to the Forest 

 Act. 



It provides for a sufficient fund to carry 

 on the administration of the Crown lands, 

 for the division of the Province into dis- 

 tricts, and for the appointment of Forest 

 Rangers by competitive examination on a 

 merit basis for these districts. The rangers' 

 duties include fire protection, scaling and 

 the protection of game. 



The examination for forest rangers con- 

 sisted of a written test on fire protection 

 and scaling, an oral test and an actual scale 

 of a large number of logs. The examina- 

 tion was modeled after the U. S. Forest 

 Service examinations and worked out fairly- 

 well to all concerned. 



The Board of examiners consisted of the 

 Provincial Forester as Chairman, one ex- 

 pert scaler, and one practical lumberman 

 and woodsman. 



It is interesting to note that 152 men 

 wrote the examinations, that 76 passed and 

 that the appointments of rangers and in- 

 spectors to the thirty-six districts in the 

 Province have been practically completed 

 from the pass list irrespective of any politi- 

 cal influence or patronage. 



Moreover, it is the aim of the present 

 Minister of Lands and Mines to keep the 

 administration of his Department entirely 

 free from politics and to build up a perma 

 nent organization on a strictly merit basis. 



Through the continued co-operation of 

 the New Brunswick Government and Rail- 

 way Commission, the work of fire protec- 

 tion along the right of way was continued 

 with beneficial results, and it is worthy to 

 note that both the Provincial Fire Inspec- 

 tor and his assistant for the Railway Com- 

 mission are university graduates in fores- 

 try. It was the first year that systematic 

 locomotive inspection was carried out by 

 the inspectors in New Brunswick. 



The co-operation between the New Bruns- 

 wick Government and the Canadian Gov- 

 ernment Railways was much improved. 

 The concession of the General Manager of 

 this Railway to the New Brunswick Gov- 

 ernment's inspectors to examine their loco- 

 motives for fire protective appliances re- 

 sulted in considerable improvement in the 

 fire situation ; nevertheless it is felt that 

 much better results can be obtained if the 

 Canadian Government Railways were plac- 

 ed under the jurisdiction of the Railway 

 Commission of Canada. 



Much credit is due to the Canadian For- 

 estry Association for the interest taken in 

 the progress of forestry in this province 

 especially so in the distribution of propa- 

 ganda relative to fire protection and legis- 

 lation. Through co-operation with the Do- 

 minion Forestry Branch, this Association 

 had Mr. Doucet give a series of lectures 

 on fire protection in northern New Bruns- 

 wick. The operation of a demonstration 

 car in conjunction with a series of illus- 

 trated lectures in this Province, during the 

 latter part of the season, was the outcome 

 of the Association's activities. The work 

 of this Association is highly appreciated, 

 and the Government hopes to continue in 

 co-operation with the Canadian Forestry 

 Association in the future. 



In co-operation with the Dominion 

 Branch of Plant Pathology the Government 

 obtained the services of Professor R. B. 

 Miller, Dean of U. N. B. Forest School 

 for part of the time, and his investigation 

 study of plant and tree diseases are of the 

 greatest importance. 



Mr. Tothill of the Dominion Entomolo- 

 gical Staff has continued his investigations 

 of the spruce bud worm in this Province. 

 Mr. Swain spent nearly a month on areas 

 in New Brunswick infested with the bud 

 worm, making a study of the bark beetle 

 and wood borer that follow in the wake 

 of the pest. 



