Canadian Forest rii Journal, Aprii 1918 



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or his agent the nuniher of logs 

 he wishes to make: the forester 

 is then consulted and from his plans 

 and estimates the compartment or 

 working block containing the required 

 number of logs, is marked for him. 

 As soon as the required number 

 of board feet for the year have 

 been secured, the contracts are closed. 



Waste Elimination 



Our policy is to utilize all merchant- 

 able material, in accordance with 

 the cutting plan. Hemlock espe- 

 cially is to be favoured, as its rapid 

 rise in price, especially of the inferior 

 qualities and the large percentage 

 it forms of the standing timbe r 

 w^arrants its exploitation in larger 

 quantities than has been the custom. 

 From the following data, it will be 

 seen that our cut of hemlock is not 

 in proportion to the standing timber: 



Average amount of Hemlock 



per acre 10. 000 feet. 



Average amount of Spruce 



and Balsam 6.000 " 



Percentage of Hemlock cut 20 per cent 

 " of Spruce and 

 Balsam 70 per cent 



From the cutting plan, it will be 

 seen that the proportion should be 

 5 parts Hemlock to 3 parts of Spruce, 

 or 5 million feet Hemlock to 3 million 

 of Spruce and Balsam. It will be 

 some time before these figures can 

 be practically applied, and therefore 

 the best policy would be to increase 

 the cut gradually and when economic 

 conditions are favourable, cut the 

 specified amount. 



Every effort must be made to 

 eliminate w^aste, especially in tops 

 and butts, and the main object to be 

 aimed at w^hile cutting is to leave a 

 clean, healthy growth of young trees, 

 with the age classes properly repre- 

 sented. By these means, the great 

 principal of Forestry will be approach- 

 ed, namely the reproduction of timber 

 in a systematic manner. 



L. Garneau, F. E. 

 Forest district Inspector 

 Forest Service, Quebec 





NEW PUNISHMENT 



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FOR BIRD KILLERS 





The old form of punishment by 

 the stocks and the pillory had at 

 'east the advantage of advertising 

 both the crime and the penalty. 

 Youth's Companion says a similar 

 object seems to have been in the 

 mind of a California judge who re- 

 cently fined two boys for shooting 

 song birds. The fine was twenty- 

 five dollars apiece, but the court 

 remitted it on condition that the 

 boys carry a banner furnished by 

 the Game Protective Association, 

 with a suitable inscription and the 

 bodies of the dead birds, properly 

 labeled and classified in respect to 

 their usefulness as destroyers of in- 

 sects; that they distribute one hun- 

 dred pine cones and six rule cards; 

 and that they bring in fifty signed 

 pledges from other bo vs. 



The Community End 



By Lionel Hitchens 



"No man can serve two masters; 

 he cannot serve himself and the 

 community: for then the kingdom 

 would be divided against itself; he 

 can only serve himself by serving the 

 community, and this is surely the 

 only sound foundation on which 

 industry can rest. If we are ever 

 to solve the great industrial problem, 

 it can only be by recognizing that 

 industry is primarily a national ser- 

 vice, and that the object of those 

 engaged in it is first and foremost 

 for the good of the community as 

 a whole." 



The Minnesota state forestry de- 

 partment is placed in charge of 

 scaling and measuring timber cut 

 from state lands, under order of 

 the Minnesota Public Safety com- 

 mission, adopted in January. 



