Canadian Forestry Journal, August, 191S 



1843 



Base in Windsor Park. 



The Forestry Corps established 

 its base depot in the Royal Park al 

 Windsor at the express invitation of 

 His Majesty, King George the Fifth. 

 The mill was set up at His Majesty's 

 request and the trees to be cut down 

 are designated by him. 



The lumber secured is being used 

 for building portable huts which are 

 built in standardized sections. They 

 can be easily transported and quick- 

 ly erected. Four complete huts are 



turned out per day. There are also 

 machines for making handles for 

 technical tools used in the corps, such 

 as axe-handles, cant-hook handles, 

 etc. 



The Canadian base depot is the 

 only base depot where men who are 

 awaiting further training or orders 

 to report elsewhere, are occupied in 

 constructive labor. What is most 

 important is the fact that the base 

 depot is typical of the corps. 



''Petit Catechisme De la Foref 



Above is the title of a new sixteen 

 page illustrated booklet which the 

 Forestry Association is issuing for 

 free distribution to French speaking 

 children. The first edition will 

 consist of 10,000 copies and will be 

 followed by further editions. 



An English edition will also be 

 issued and given wide distribution. 



The object of this booklet is to 

 instruct the child of twelve to twenty 

 years in some of the rudimentary 

 points of forest protection. The 

 adult reader has not been especially 

 considered. 



Following are some of the Ques- 

 tions for the Ontario booklet which 

 are answered in the simplest form: 



Who owns the Forests of Ontario? 



\Miat is the 'Government'? 



Who are the Limit Holders? 



Which is best, the Forest or the 

 Farm? 



How can 1 teil good and bad Land 

 apart? 



How big were the Forests in great- 

 grandfather's Day? 



How^ big are the Forests Today? 



What is a Fire Ranger? 



Can 1 be a Fire Ranger? 



Tell me the Causes of Forest Fires. 



Do Forest Fires cause much harm? 



Will not Farms come when F^orests 



go? 



How do the Timber Lands make 



Ontario prosperous? 



Forestry Societies in Other Lands 



There are several forest societies 

 in France: — "Societe des Amis des 

 Arbres," etc.; there is the "Societe 

 Centrale Forestiere de Belgique," 

 wdth an extensive membership, and a 

 useful monthly bulletin. There are 

 six forest societies in England. The 

 Danes have a moorland society doing 

 practical w^ork in planting up large 

 areas of moorland. This society has 

 planted something like 150,000 acres 

 of moorland, the society getting a 

 Government grant of some 20,000 

 pounds sterling yearly, and free trans- 

 port for the marl and lime used in 

 the moor planting. In the other 

 European States, and in the United 

 States of America, there are numer- 

 ous forest societies. In Japan there 

 are some 20 forest societies, with a 

 special law, passed in 1907 for their 



recognition and governance; every 

 private forest owner is compelled 

 by law to belong to the local forest 

 society of Japan. 



BELGIUM'S SMALL FORESTS 



Belgium is not one of the forest 

 Countries of Europe. It is only 

 recently that much attention has 

 been given to Forestry; the total 

 area of State-manged forest is only 

 430,000 acres. Yet Belgian Forestry, 

 now gives winter employment to an 

 average of 32,000 men, and permanent 

 employment throughout the year to 

 750 men. At the same time it is 

 computed that its forest expenditure 

 is giving a return of between 4 per 

 cent and 5 per cent. This high 

 employment figure is due to the cost 

 of much planting, now required in 

 restoring the forests. 



