NOTES. 



The greatest care is taken to have the 

 list of members as nearly correct as 

 possible. With a list as large as that of" 

 the membership of the Canadian For- 

 estry Association now is, there will be 

 a number of changes to be made and 

 some mistakes to be rectified. If mem- 

 bers whose names are incorrectly spelled 

 or whose addresses are not properly 

 given will kindly notify the secretary 

 to this effect, it will be much appreciated. 



Students in The members of the 

 THE Field. senior and junior 



classes of the forest- 

 ry course in the University of Toronto 

 had a very successful woods session 

 this spring. Last spring they got 

 their practical work in the woods in 

 Rondeau Park, Lake Erie, and Algon- 

 quin Park, Northern Ontario. This 

 year they did their work on a limit of 

 the Strong Lumber Company on the 

 south shore of Lake Nipissing, about 

 thirty-six miles west of Callander on 

 the Canadian Pacific Railway. When 

 they arrived in Callander they found 

 that, owing to the ice still being in the 

 bays, it was impossible for them to pro- 

 ceed to their destination, as they had 

 expected, by steamer. They had con- 

 sequently to make a detour by which 

 they got as far as Nipissing village by 

 wagons and then had to walk twenty- 

 seven miles to the camp. Dr. Fernow, 

 the dean of the faculty of forestry, and 

 his assistants. Dr. C. D. Howe and Mr. 

 A. H. D. Ross, tramped it out with the 

 students. Supplies had to be borrowed 

 from a camp about six miles away until 

 their own supplies could be brought in. 

 The camp was in a thick stand of virgin 

 red pine which was about 175 years old 

 and uninjured by either fire or axe. A 

 groAvth of white pine about two thou- 

 sand to the acre is coming up all over 

 the limit. The adjoining limit was cut 

 over about fifteen years ago, and, not 

 having been injured by fare, gave a good 

 opportunity to study how this area 

 naturally reforests itself. The students 

 had a very successful .session. They 

 made a reconnaissance survey of 6,000 

 acres and a close survev of 400 acres. 



As part of their work they will bring in 

 reports as to the quantity, species, and 

 quality of timber on the tract surveyed, 

 and also a report on the best methods 

 for getting out the timber, the location 

 of logging roads, whether the tract is 

 suited for agriculture, and if not, how 

 best to ensure its perpetuation as a 

 timber forest. Owing to the difficulties 

 which have been encountered in getting 

 into the woods in the spring Dr. Fernow 

 will suggest to the University of Toronto 

 the advisability of changing the time of 

 holding the wood sessions from spring 

 to fall. It is expected the first of these 

 held in the fall will be in October and 

 November, 1910. 



Forthcoming There are now being 

 Bulletins, printed, under direc- 

 Etc. tion of the Forestry 



Branch, a number of bulletins and other 

 publications of interest to all student.s of 

 forestry. In "Forest Conditions in the 

 Crow's Nest Pass, Alberta," (Bulletin 

 No. 5), Mr. H. R. MacMillan, B.S.A., 

 M.F., describes at length his investiga- 

 tions pursued last autumn in the region 

 named, a partial description of which 

 was given in the issue of the Canadian 

 Forestrv Journal for December last. 

 "Canadian Forest Fires of 1908", by 

 the same author, outlines the extent 

 of last year's forest fires in Canada 

 and ventures an estimate of the loss, 

 with suggestions for more efficient 

 preventive work. In "The Riding 

 Mountain Forest Reserve", (Bulletin 

 No. 6), Mr. J. R. Dickson, B.S.A., 

 M.S.F., gives a resume of the work done 

 on this reserve during the summers of 

 1906, 1907 and 1908, describes con- 

 ditions obtaining in the area and 

 makes suggestions for the future man- 

 agement of the reserve. To obtain 

 copies of any of the above, free of charge, 

 application should be made to R. H. 

 Campbell, Esq., Superintendent of 

 Forestrv, Ottawa. 



It is said the Canadian Pacific Railway 

 will this year begin the erection of 

 several plants for creosoting ties. 



