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would practically do away with pat- 

 ronage. It is noteworthy, however, 

 that the outside service, inchiding such 

 work as fire ranging, ranger inspec- 

 tion, etc., will come under the Com- 

 missioner only when the salary ex- 

 ceeds SI, 000. Very few members of 

 the ranger stafT will come inside that 

 class. 



Hon. Mr. Ferguson recently stated 

 that no one would receive a ranger 

 appointment this year who is able to 

 qualify for any branch of military 

 service. 



The New Brunswick Government 

 has publicly declared for the control 

 of all appointments to the provincial 

 forest service by fa non-political 

 board. 



When Grand Trunk Ran on Cordwood 



For almost twenty years, up to 

 1875, wood burning locomotives were 

 used on the Grand Trunk Railway. 

 This necessitated great stacks of 

 wood at the stations. More than half 

 of the station yard space was so taken 

 up. A steam saw and gang came 

 around periodically to cut the four 

 foot cordwood sticks in two, ready for 

 the locomotive tender. Enormous 

 quantities of the finest hardwoods, 

 maple, beech and other, were thus 

 consumed. The first coal burning 

 engine, changed from wood burning, 

 in the shops at Stratford, was put into 

 serivce in 1873. The change from 



wood to coal burning took several 

 years. For 1875 the Stratford record 

 shows, 4,197 tons of coal issued and 

 16,436 cords of wood, this being the 

 maximum wood consumption record 

 for that station. After 1875 the use 

 of wood dropped rapidly. The price 

 of wood began at about $2.00, was 

 $2.50 and finally $3.00 and over pei 

 cord. At Berhn Station about 6,000 

 to 7,000 cords per annum appear to 

 have been purchased. During the 19 

 or more years of wood burning pro- 

 bably over 120,000 cords were de- 

 livered at the Berlin Station. The 

 price rose to $3.50 per cord about 

 1874 



''Forest Talks" to School Children 



One of the many devices used by 

 the Canadian Forestry Association 

 to reach the school children of Canada 

 is through a series of attractively 

 printed "Forest Talks". Each ad- 

 dress is accompanied by several large 

 cards containing illustrations, the 

 latter being passed about the class 

 rooms at the close of the reading. 

 School teachers in all parts of Canada 

 are making splendid use of these 

 periodical addresses on Forestry. The 

 following typical comments bear out 

 this point. 



Miss Sarah McCaffray of Saint 

 Andrews, N.B. writes: 'T have re- 

 ceived through the Secretary of the 



School Board the first of the Forest 

 Talks. My class is very much in- 

 terested and we shall be glad indeed 

 to receive more of them. I am sure 

 they are going to be a splendid help 

 to us. By their usefulness in awaken- 

 ing the child's interest in the pre- 

 servation of our forests they will do 

 much towards making the geography 

 lesson more interesting." 



From Mr. T. A. Speirs, B.A., 

 Principal of the High Schoo, Mount 

 Forest, Ont. "The subject was taken 

 up by two students in each form and 

 in that way reached all the students of, 

 the school. I would be much pleased 

 to receive similar pamphlets from 

 time to time." 



