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in? a shelter for the wild animals and a place of pleasant resort 

 for the people. The accomplishment of such a purpose is well 

 worthy the support of all patriotic citizens, of all who love their 

 native land, and have an interest in its future. Such is the pur- 

 pose which the Canadian Forestry Association has set before 

 it as the ideal for Canada, to which it proposes to work, and tor 

 which it appeals for support. 



A request was made recently to the Bureau of Forestry for 

 the Province of Ontario for a forester to assist in the management 

 of timber limits in Algoma, to which the only reply that could be 

 sent was, that there was no supply to meet the demand. Such a 

 request, however, emphasizes the fact that the need of trained 

 foresters is beginning to be felt. 



At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Canadian 

 Forestry Association, a resolution was passed expressing the opin- 

 ion of the Board that in view of the annual destruction of timber 

 in British Columbia, and the difficulty of guarding the forests 

 from fire, it is desirable that the Bush Fires Act of that province 

 should be amended so as to prohil)it the starting of fires tor the 

 clearing of land between the first day of May and the first day ot 

 November in each year, unless a special permit for that purpose 

 is granted by the Forest Ranger, or other officer appointed tor 

 the district in which such permission is asked. 



A great deal of interest has been excited m the County of 

 Renfrew, in Ontario, bv the preparations being made for the 

 erection of what is popularlv known as a " stump factory. i lie 

 object of the estabhshment is to utilize the red pme stumps in 

 that district bv reducing them by the action of heat in a retort 

 and it is expected that the chemical products and charcoal will 

 return a good profit. Similar establishments have been in opera- 

 tion in Michigan for some time with satisfactory results 1 ne 

 farmers in the vicinity of the proposed location have great ex- 

 pectations of having lands cleared at a profit, thus accomplishing 

 two purposes, as the result will be a considerable increase in the 

 agricultural value of the lands. 



