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Canadian Forcstri] Journal, May, 1918 



Good Work on Snowball Limits 



'I'hc following excerpts from a letter 

 from Mr. J. R. (iareaii, Forester of 

 the J. B. Snowball Co., Chatham, X. 

 B., show the progress made in introduc- 

 ing Forestry- oversight on private 

 holdings : 



"Our field work of last summer ex- 

 tended over three months' time and a 

 total area of 100 sq. miles was covered. 

 We made a five per cent estimates. 

 For part of the time we had a two 

 three-men crews 'party, while for the 

 rest of the season our party was com- 

 posed of but one four-men crew. 



"We managed, however, under these 

 rather unfavourable conditions and in 

 spite of the high price of ever^'thing, 

 to do our work for four cents per acre. 



"Since last October, all our time has 

 been devoted to logging operations: 

 supervision of the cutting, scaling, etc.. 

 Our plans for the future, briefly stated, 

 are the following: From the time the 

 drives begin, to as late as the end of 

 July, my time will be taken up with 

 first, the looking after the drives, and 

 afterwards the scaling on the booms 

 and the towing. 



"When all our logs have reached our 



mills we will start with our forest valu- 

 ation work and we intend to have a 

 three three-men crews . party and re- 

 main in the field from tw^o to threr 

 months, but the time we will spend in 

 the field will largely be determined by 

 our next winter's cut of which we have 

 yet no idea whatever. 



"Without any other desire than to 

 let results speak by themselves, I may 

 add to the above that we are beginning 

 to see the results of the work which has 

 been commenced here two years ago. For 

 For instance ground has been covered 

 and has been cut this tinier shows that 

 our estimates proved to be 94.4% of 

 the actual quantity which was cut on 

 the whole of the ground to which these 

 estimates applied; and as to the elim- 

 ination of waste I may be permitted 

 the following quotation from a letter 

 from Mr. Prince under the date of 

 January 18th of this year: 



We have had several examin- 

 ations made of your camps and on the 

 whole would say that their work is 

 very satisfactory, and in some casds 

 closer utilization is carried on than in 

 any oiher parts of the province." 



THE TEAK FORESTS OF SI AM 



The teak forests of Siam are mainly located on the hillsides in the northern 

 part of the Kingdom, some 500 miles from Bangkok. The teak trees are 

 girdled and allowed to stand for several years before being felled, and the logs 

 are then dragged to the nearest stream and floated down, reaching the saw- 

 mills at Bangkok, fully seasoned, in about 5 years from the time of girdling. 



Teak logging is regulated by the Government, and only trees of 76.5 in- 

 ches girth may be girdled. A Government counting station is located at 

 Paknampoh, a village situated on the River Chao Phya, 155 miles from 

 Bangkok. The average number of teak logs arriving at this station each 

 year is'estimated at 100,000, and in addition about 20,000 logs, cut from the 

 forest region adjoining Burma, are floated to Moulmien. 



The total annual output of cut teak of all grades amounts to roughly 

 55,000 loads of 50 cubic feet, but of first quality the yearly output would 

 likely reach only about half of the above estimate. On reaching the saw- 

 mills the logs are usually squared and the first-ciuality squares are graded 

 according to the British Admiralty specifications, and are designated "Eu- 

 rope first class."- 



