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his patrol to measure burnt areas crops 

 up. Then when the question of valuing 

 such damaged areas is encountered, fur- 

 ther difficulties enter. Only an expert in 

 local values is competent to say what 

 timber is worth. The question of the 

 value of young growth, of scorched tim- 

 ber and of areas which have just started 

 to reproduce is a trying one and no two 

 owners will agree as to the value placed 

 on such areas. Much preliminary work 

 is necessary, especially in country which 

 has not even been carefully mapped, such 

 as all of the Canadian Cooperative Asso- 

 ciations are operating in. It might be 

 possible for these Associations to under- 

 take such mapping and estimating work. 

 This would give winter work for rangers 

 and inspectors, a very important matter 

 .indeed. 



Forest fires are said to be raging in the 

 organized and unorganized districts 

 around Fort William and Port Arthur in 

 Ontario, destroying large areas of timber 

 and uncut pulpwood. Bush fires have 

 been raging in fully a hundred sections 

 west of Fort William since last week and 

 much territory near Commee and beyond 

 has been burnt. 



Professor W. N. Millar, of the Univer- 

 sity of Toronto, has gone to the United 

 States to help organize a Forestry Corps 

 for work in England. This leaves only 

 Drs. Fernow and Howe on the teaching 

 staff of the Forestry School. 



Dr. Howe, who is making studies of 

 cut-over lands and the reproduction of 

 pulpwood on them for the Commission 

 of Conservation, has returned from a 

 two weeks' reconnaisance trip north of 

 Grand Mere, which he took in order to 

 plan out his summer's work. 



The Minister of Lands and Forests 

 has sent out a circular letter to all 

 licensees of timber lands in the Prov- 

 ince of Quebec urging them to join the 

 coooperative fire protective associations 

 and warning them that if they do not he 

 will enforce to the limit the requirements 

 and penalties of the forest-fire laws. Prac- 

 tically all of the limit holders have joined. 

 The notable exceptions are owners who 

 from their standing and prominence 

 should be more public spirited and should 

 know better where their interest lies. 



The summer meeting of the Technical 

 Section of the Pulp and Paper Associa- 

 tion will consist of a trip to the industrial 

 centres of the St. Maurice Valley, where 

 the large paper mills, water power in- 

 stallations, carbide and aluminum works 

 will be visited. The members will leave 

 Montreal on a special train of two 

 sleepers and a diner and will be the 

 guests of the Laurentide, Belgo-Canadian 

 and St. Maurice Paper Companies. 



The inquiry being held by the Cana- 

 dian Government into the cost of pro- 

 ducing newsprint paper is progressing 

 slowly, and meanwhile the price fixed by 

 the Government is still being charged by 

 the producers. The prices of wood, 

 wages and supplies are still rising. 



CURRENT 



LITERATURE 



MONTHLY LIST FOR JUNE, 1917 



(Books and periodicals indexed in the 

 library of the United States Forest 

 Service.) 



Forestry as a Whole 



Proceedings and reports of associations 

 forest officers, etc. 



Association of official seed analysis of 

 North America. Proceedings, 1915. 

 48 p. New Brunswick, N. J., 1916. 



British Columbia Dept. of lands For- 

 est branch. Report for the year 

 ending December 31, 1916. 35 p. 

 Victoria, B. C, 1917. 



India Board of forestry. Proceedings 

 at meetings held at Dehra Dun be- 

 tween the 23d and 30th March, 1916, 

 with appendices. 80 p. Simla, 1916. 



India Ajmer Merwara Forest dept. 

 Annual report on forest administra- 

 tion for the year 1915-16. 29 p. 

 Mount Abu, 1916. 



India Assam Forest dept. Progress 

 report of forest administration for 

 the year 1915-16. 82 p. maps. Shil- 

 long, 1916. 



India Bihar and Orissa Forest dept. 

 Annual progress report on forest ad- 

 ministration for the year 1915-16. 56 

 p. Patna, 1916. 



India Madras presidency Forest dept. 

 Administration report for the 12 

 months ending 30th June 1916. 148 

 p. Madras, 1917. 



India Punjab Forest dept. Progress 

 report of forest administration for 

 the year 1915-16. 81 p. maps. La- 

 hore, 1917. 



Maryland Conservation commission. 

 First annual report. 84 p. map. Balti- 

 more, Md., 1916. 



Michigan agricultural college -Forestry 

 club. Forestry club annual, vol 2. 

 72 p. il. East Lansing, Mich., 1917. 



Montana State forester. Fourth bien- 

 nial report, 1915-16. 55 p. il., map. 

 Helena, Mont., 1917. 



Rhode Island Commissioner of fores- 

 try. Eleventh annual report, 1916. 

 10 p. Pawtucket, 1917. 



Switzerland Dept. del'interieur Inspec- 

 tion des forets, chasse et peche. Rap- 

 port sur sa gestion en 1916. 18 p. tables. 

 Berne, 1917. 



Washington University of Forest club. 

 Forest club annual, vol. 5. 96 p. il. 

 Seattle, Wash., 1917. 



Forest .ffisthetics 



Dixon, Royal, & Fitch, Franklyn Everett. 

 The human side of trees; wonders of 

 the tree world. 199 p. pi. N. Y., 

 F. A. Stokes co., 1917. 



Hartogh Heys van Zouteveen, H. F. 

 Boomen en heesters in parken en tui- 

 nen. 1% p. pi. Zutphen, P. van 

 Belkum, 1908. 



Forest Education 

 Pinchot, Giflford. The training of a for- 

 ester, rev. 3d ed. 157 p. pi. Phila, 

 J. B. Lippincott co., 1917. 



Forest Schools 



Washington, University of College of 

 forestry. Catalogue, 1917-18. 35 p. 

 Seattle, Wash., 1917. 



Forest Description 



Algeria Direction des forets. Notes sur 

 les forets de I'Algerie. 331 p. diagr., 

 map. Alger, 1916. 



Hart, G. S. Note on a tour of inspection 

 in some of the forests of the eastern 

 circle. United Provinces. 13 p. 



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