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first things to strike you is the hap- 

 hazard way in which forestry work 

 has been so far attempted. I hope 

 and indeed quite expect that after the 

 war something in the way of a general 

 land classification will be undertaken 

 in order that the big re-planting pro- 

 gram which is inevitable may be gone 

 ahead with on some definitely or- 

 ganized and permanent basis so far 

 as the nation is concerned. The 

 people both here and in France are 

 wailing more and more about the 

 way in which we are slashing down 



their fine old forests— and "pity 'tis 

 'tis true." For our Corps is now 

 supplying nearly three-quarters of 

 Britain's requirements on both sides 

 of the channel. A Lord from Scotland 

 was here only to-day to plead that 

 some of his cherished old woods 

 should be spared. It' is satisfactory 

 to note that in spite of our tremen- 

 dously heavy overhead charges the 

 Corps is still able to provide the 

 government with timber products at 

 a cost fairly well below the regular 

 market prices." 



New Lecture Sets for Western Canada 



The Forestry Association, through 

 the co-operation of the Dominion 

 Forestry Branch, hopes to have avail- 

 able within the next few weeks, 

 several new Travelling Lecture Sets 

 which will have their headquarters 

 at Winnipeg, Prince Albert and Cal- 



gary for the use of our Western mem- 

 bers and friends who desire to con- 

 duct illustrated lectures on forest 

 conservation in their localities. Each 

 set will have a complete manuscript, 

 and at least fifty lantern slides. 



Applications for use of these sets 

 are invited by the Association. 



8 Lectures a Week by Travelling Outfits 



Four Travelling Lecture Sets are in 

 constant use by the Canadian For- 

 estry Association, reaching hundreds 

 of men and women and school children. 

 Boy Scouts, etc., every week. 



The following are typical experien- 

 ces from Saint John and West Saint 

 John N.B., where one of the sets 

 recently was used by two organiza- 

 tions. Each set consists of fifty-five 

 excellent lantern slides, many in 

 natural colors, and a complete manu- 

 script, containing a popular lecture 

 and fifty-five descriptive paragraphs 

 for the slides. The four Sets are kept 

 moving from town to town and are 

 responsible for at least eight illus- 

 trated lectures on forest conservation 

 every week. 



From Mr. James A. Estey, Estev &. 

 Co., Saint John, N.B.— "We duly 

 received your lantern slides and we 

 had our lecture on Tuesday evening. 

 We got a very fine representative 



audience. The lecture and slides 

 were much enjoyed and the after 

 discussion combined with the lecture 

 will prove an assistance in forest con- 

 servation. We varied our evening, 

 somewhat, and one of our Associate 

 members read for us "The Lumber- 

 man" by Whittier. Last Tuesday 

 evening we followed up your lecture 

 with "An Evening with the Province 

 Beautiful". Forest conservation and 

 preservation got a place, of course." 

 From the Saint John Telegraph: — 

 "The necessity of conserving the 

 forests of the country was again shown 

 to a large audience in Charlotte Street 

 Baptist Church, West Saint John, last 

 evening, by Rev. J. H. Jenner, and 

 the subject proved a very interesting 

 one to those present. The lecture 

 was provided by the Canadian For- 

 estry Association and it covered the 

 subject in a very interesting as well 

 as an instructive way." 



