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as free places of entertainment and 

 amusement. Spreading the work- 

 people over such a wide area has 

 naturally rendered the food pro- 

 blem very difficult, but at the same 

 time it has been an advantage in the 

 continual struggle against epidemics 

 and disease. 



Take off Bark for Tannin. 



"In our journey we passed many 

 of these work places. At one spot 

 the trees were being barked, in order 

 to obtain the tannin substances: at 

 another, the branches were being 

 lopped ofT, for the making of tele- 

 graph poles; at a third, a division of 

 men were busy wdth the manufacture 

 of railway sleepers; and at another, 

 barrel-making was in progress. Now 

 we pass a tar factory, which the 

 former owners had attempted to 

 render useless, but which the forest 

 inspector had quickly repaired. 



'"What we saw in one inspector's 

 division was repeated in the others; 

 but the strongest impression was 

 made by the great buildings and 

 factories near Gajnowska Station. 

 A great manufacturing town, with 

 huge sawmills, has arisen, and pro- 

 bably the largest charcoal works on 

 the continent are now established 

 here, as well as numerous other in- 

 dustries." 



WITH A FORESTER IN FRANCE 



The following is an extract from a 

 letter from Private F. Bruce Robert- 

 son, of the 3rd Canadian Division 

 Artillery Signals, France, to the 

 Director of Forestry, Department 

 of the Interior, Ottawa, to whose 

 staff he belongs: 



It is Sunday. The outfit is out 

 on rest and there are no parades. 

 The old lady by whose fire I am 

 sitting has asked me if I had plenty 

 of tobacco. I thought it a hint so 

 asked if she smoked. "Oui," says 

 she, "mais tobacco fini en France." 

 You can picture her now puffing 

 away at an old clay pipe on the 

 other side of the fire-place. She had 

 an earache half an hour ago, but that 

 is forgotten now. Coffee is making 

 in a black saucepan on the fire, so I 

 foresee a pleasant morning for l)toth 



of us. Outside it rains. It is one 

 of those big fireplaces, you know, 

 extending across one side of the 

 brick floored room, and I have a cozy 

 seat under the arch. We have a 

 brick oven in the wall also, m which 

 she made bread for refugees yester- 

 day. Old style bakmg and the best, 

 in which a brush fire is made in the 

 oven, then coal raked out and the 

 bran loaves put in. Had a sample 

 of the bread, just a little, in fresh 

 warm milk last night, and it went 

 fine. 



"For the past month I have been 

 mounted lineman on a cable section. 

 We have been doing considerable 

 work laying lines off the wagon. 

 You may have seen the signal com- 

 pany in training practising the same 

 about Ottawa. This is over for the 

 present. Life is simpHcity itself in 

 this country- village with a nightly 

 game of ball to reheve the monotony. 

 Our one other amusement is watch- 

 ing the local shepherd and dogs herd 

 the community flock of sheep. 



"As a "Y" worker you will be 

 interested in knowing that our ball 

 outfit is supphed by the Y.M.C.A. 

 All sorts of sporting goods are handed 

 out, including phonographs, and the 

 troops appreciate the work. 



AN INDUSTRIOUS PLANTER. 



One of the good friends of the 

 Canadian Forestry Association, re- 

 siding at Boston, Mass., is Mr. Frank 

 A. Cutting, a large dealer in hemlock 

 bark. Mr. Cutting has taken a 

 lively interest in tree planting and 

 at the present time is setting out 

 25,000 pine trees a year and sowing a 

 quantity of pine seed. With the 

 cost of nurseiy stock, the value of 

 the land, and expense of planting and 

 protection, Mr. Cutting anticipates 

 no profit from his venture, but is 

 greatly interested in the idea of 

 replacing some of the forest materials 

 and thus conferring a benefit upon 

 future generations. 



! Can we afford higher pensions? 



1 Can we afford forest fires? Every 

 I fire cuts down the chances of higher 

 I pensions. 



