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Canadian Forestry Journal, July, 1917 



Forest Area Set Aside for Studp 



The Council of Industrial and 

 Scientific Research of Canada, has 

 persuaded the Dominion Govern- 

 ment to set aside one hundred scjuare 

 miles in the P^ tawawa MiHtary Dis- 

 trict in Ontario. A sufficient grant 

 will be made to carry out a thorough 

 survey of this area next summer, the 

 work to be done by the Dominion 

 Forestry Branch. Beyond the sur- 

 vey a program has not yet been pre- 

 pared. The Research Council has 

 been formed for the purpose of ascer- 

 taining and tabulating the various 

 agencies wdiich are now carrying on 

 research work in universities and col- 

 leges, in Government laboratories, 

 business organizations and industries, 

 scientific associations or by private 

 persons: also to ascertain the lines 

 of work being done and the facilities 

 and equipment and especially the 

 man-power available for such work; 

 to coordinate all agencies, to induce 

 co-operation and prevent overlap- 

 ping, and to bring about a community 

 of knowledge; to study the problems 

 which confront our industries and 

 to link up the resources of science 

 with labor and capital so as to bring 

 about the best possible economic re- 

 sults; to make a study of our unused 

 resources, wastes and by-products 

 with a view to their utilization in new 

 or subsidiary processes of manufac- 

 turing; to develop ways and means by 

 which the present small force of com- 

 petent and trained research men can 

 be augmented. 



This work is being rapidly organ- 

 ized and the following organizations 

 have volunteered to help in it: The 

 Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, 



Forest fires in the United States | 



have caused an average annual 1 



loss of seventy human lives and | 



twenty-five to fifty million dol- I 



lars' worth of timber. The in- | 

 direct losses run close to half 



Canadian Mining Institute, Canadian 

 Manufacturers' Association, Society 

 of Chefnical Industry and the Can- 

 adian Society of Forest Engineers. 

 The country will be divided up into 

 districts and volunteer fiald-workers 

 W'lll cover these districts and gather 

 all available information. 



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a billion a year. 



RANGERS' HANDBOOK 



One of the most complete little 

 volumes dedicated to the lore and 

 craft of the ranger and woodsman 

 that comes for our review is the 

 Handbook for Rangers and Woods- 

 men, by Jay L. B. Taylor, forest 

 ranger in the United States Forest 

 Service. The object of the book, 

 according to its author, is to serve as 

 a guide for inexperienced men in the 

 woods. It tells what to carry with 

 you in the woods, how to pack an 

 animal, how to cook and what pro- 

 visions to take. It gives instructions 

 how to build a field telephone, how to 

 use powder, how^ to survey, how to 

 handle ailments of pack animals and 

 a thousand and one other valuable 

 hints to the man on his own resources. 

 The book is for sale by "Canadian 

 Forestry Journal" at $2.50 per copy, 

 net. 



MORE CARE WITH FIRES 



Cobalt, Ont. — The past couple of 

 days have been very warm and a 

 number of small bush fires are in 

 evidence about the town, chiefly 

 caused by settlers clearing their land. 

 With vivid recollections of the dis- 

 aster of last Summer, greater pre- 

 cautions will be taken than heretofore, 

 and fire rangers throughout the dis- 

 trict are working under much more 

 stringent regulations than in previous 

 years, which should do much to 

 eliminate the danger from this source. 

 Each fire ranger is making a report of 

 the district over which he has charge, 

 and making recommendations to the 

 chief ranger with the idea of elimina- 

 ting the places where danger of fire is 

 apparent. 



