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instructions that the brush be burned 

 as cheaply as possible, you will have 

 some big fires that will do a lot of 

 damage — that we know from ex- 

 perience, for, even in the fall of 1909, 

 when we had such disastrous fires in 

 Northern Minnesota, there was no 

 trouble, or damage, at any of our 

 operations, though we log over 10,000 

 acres each year. 



Our law has worked out very satis- 

 factorily to us. Our men are all in- 

 structed to co-operate with the 

 Forestry Officials, and we have had a 

 great deal of help and advice from 

 them, and never any trouble. But, 

 to do right, 3^ou must give it con- 

 siderable supervision, and have it in 

 mind during all your logging opera- 

 tions, and do not wait until too late 

 in the spring to do your burning, or 

 you are liable to have a fire you cannot 

 control. 



We use Lidgerwood cable-way 

 steam skidders in most of our opera- 

 tions, and horses and Logging RR in 

 the balance. We are doing no hauling 

 with logging sleighs. We use the 

 same brush burning methods at all 

 our operations. 



The Expense 



The expense is not great. It need 

 not cost to exceed 50 cents per acre, 

 and the average need not be over 10 

 to 20 cents per acre to do the burning 

 in the spring. 



Our men use a kerosene torch made 

 out of 13^ inch gas pipe, with a cap 

 on one end and a reducer from 1 3^ to 

 }4 inch with a piece of 3^ inch pipe, 

 about 10 inches long n it on the other 

 end, filled with wicking. The large 

 pipe filled with kerosene will make a 

 torch that will last two or three hours, 

 and is easily handled. 



In conclusion, ^ould suggest, that 

 to do the burning successfully and 

 cheaply, that you must arrange your 

 work with the idea in mind of burning 

 that slash right. Co-operate with 

 your Forestry Officials. They will 

 always have some good ideas that 

 you can use to advantage, and after 

 you have burned the slash success- 

 fully for a season, you will not care 

 to go back to the old system of leav- 

 ing the slash as a fire trap. 



The new Chief Forester of British Columbia: 

 Mr. M. A. Grainger. 



HOW N.B. TIMBER SELLS 

 A sale of New Brunswick Crown 

 lands was recently held at the De- 

 partment of Lands and Mines and 

 some spirited bidding resulted when 

 five lots were offered for sale. Each 

 lot brought more than the upset 

 price. A. R. Slipp, of Fredericton, 

 N.B., purchased a timber berth of 

 two square miles on the east of the 

 Penniac River, York County, for $40 

 per mile. A lot of two square miles, 

 situated east of MagaguadavicRiver, 

 was sold to Mr. Robert H. Little for 

 $150 per mile, and two lots, one of 

 three square miles, and situated east 

 of Queens — Westmoreland County 

 line, and another of four and a half 

 square miles, situated west of Queens- 

 Westmoreland County line, were sold 

 to Mr. W. G. Fenwick, who at pre- 

 sent holds the lease. The first 

 of these lots was bid in at $180 

 per square mile and the second at 

 $295 per square mile, after some 

 strong bidding. The last lot sold 

 produced some of the most spirited 

 bidding of the sale and was bid in by 

 Sayre & Llolly for $301 per square 

 mile. This lot is situated at the head 

 of Borth Forks, Canaan River, and 

 was formerly leased to Mr. W.- G. 

 Fenwick. 



