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Canadian Foresfry Journal, July, 1918 



Boy Scouts Search Out Black Walnut 



Washington. — President Wilson's 

 appeal to the Boy Scouts of America 

 to help win the war by locating sup- 

 plies of black walnut trees has been 

 followed by arrangements under 

 which the War Department, the 

 Forest Service, and the Boy Srout or- 

 ganization have joined elTorts to find 

 the needed timber. 



As President Wilson pointed out, 

 the War Department program makes 

 the securing of black walnut lumber 

 for use in manufacturing airplane 



propellers and gunstocks of the utmost 

 importance. War Department and 

 Forest Service officials are combing 

 the country for black walnut timber, 

 which can no longer be found in 

 abundance anywhere but has to be 

 cidled, often as single trees, from 

 mixed forest growths. Much of the 

 black walnut that is left is in far- 

 mers' woodlots, and it is primarily 

 to locate this that the Boy Scouts 

 have been called into service. In the 

 aggregate, there are said to be large 

 supplies. 



Settlement Problems After the War 



The relation between the forests 

 and settlement is a queslion involving 

 many interests, and is one not easy of 

 solution. The need for land for 

 •settlement after the war will make it 

 necessary to devote every possil^le 

 piece of land to agricaltural purposes, 

 but on the other hand the financial 

 demands for the war will make it 

 ad\ isable and necessary to protect 

 the public forest property, and 



ensure that the forest on non-agri- 

 cultural land is retained and brought 

 into best producing condition. This 

 is a question which cannot be decided 

 from the point of view of either 

 interest solely, and which shows the 

 necessity of co-operation between the 

 agricultural and forestry interests 

 for the development of an agricultural 

 and forest survey of the country such 

 as will determine the best general 

 lines of development for each district. 



A Government Roadway in Northern Ontario in Process of Construction. 



