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ricd this a little too far, and become sawmillcr and lumber manu- 

 fach.ircT in j^cneral to the community. This is scarcely com- 

 patible with modern ideas of trade and is bad economically. 



Under other countries, notably Germany, the forest depart- 

 ment has become wood cutter and general producer of all foresc 

 products in the ro;//^'/?. This is admissible, but demands a very 

 large organized staff going into details, with regard to felling, 

 cutting into lengths and bringing to roads or other place of 

 transport. Tlie timber is what is known as " sold in the wood." 

 This on the whole gives the best results. Another method is 

 to sell on the stump, leaving felling, etc., to the buyer, an easy and 

 yet poor method from the point of view of forest reproduction. 

 On the whole the best method for all parties concerned is the se- 

 cond mentioned, though in some countries, namely India, the 

 last namOd has worked admirably. 



Each country thus adopts what most suits its needs, but the 

 idea underlying that chosen method is the same, that of wisely 

 constantly using the forest products as they financially gradually 

 mature, only to be renewed again and again. 



The growing trees of a forest are therefore not a fix-ed but 

 a very slow movable capital. 



A change has been made in the law of the Province of Quebec 

 by which a free grant of 160 acres of land was made to the father 

 of twelve children. It was found that these grants were being 

 made use of by speculators who wished to obtain control of timber 

 lands, and that the objects of the Act were not being served while the 

 Province was losing the timber lands. In order to put an end to 

 this speculation, the Act was changed last year, so as to offer a 

 bonus of $50 in lieu of land. Nearly fotir thousand claims were 

 made for this bonus, not only from farmers, but from residents of 

 cities, towns and villages, who would never have thought of 

 applying for the land if the Act had not been amended. A 

 further amendment has therefore been made, providing that the 

 bonus shall be paid to those whose claims have been recognized up 

 to the date of the passing of the Act. 



