Canadian Foreslrij Journal, September, 1917 



1301 



Restoring Beautp to a Rocki) Island 



' The whole northern country was 

 once well forested, bearing the only 

 crop it was fit for growing; we have 

 lumbered it out of existence without 

 care to save maturing growth and 

 thus retain continuity of forest stand 

 and new crop," writes the Editor of 

 the Peterboro Examiner. "Fifty or 

 more years ago many of the islands 

 of Stony Lake were well wooded. 

 About half a century ago a forest 

 fire swept them and left liare rocks. 

 Natdre has, in some parts, partially 

 repaired the waste, and man might 

 have done much that he has not done 

 to reclothe the stony nakedness with 

 the verdure of trees. 



"That this is feasible is shown by 

 the action and experience of Mr. J. 

 B. McWilliams, as to his island on 

 Stony Lake, near Burleigh. When, a 

 few years ago, he built a cottage 

 there, his island was, to use his own 

 words, "almost all bare rock, and 

 now I have about twenty-five differ- 

 ent kinds of trees growing, besides 

 numerous shrubs, all on less than 

 two acres of area." Here is at once 

 practical proof and precept. It shows 

 what can be done when care and 

 recognition of the value, and love of 

 tree growth are allowed to become 

 agencies in repair of waste and in 

 forest restoration. 



"On this island we have the beau- 

 tiful and continuously growing evi- 

 dence of what can be done on most 

 of the islands of the Kawartha Lakes 

 group, inexpressibly enhancing their 

 present beauty, and in all the arid 



and treeless region of the north coun- 

 try, that with proper government or 

 county action might be clothed 

 with a profitable growth of forest 

 that would be a merchantable asset 

 and vsource of revenue for future 

 generations." 



DOLLAR COMPANY LOSES 



A serious bush fire broke out in 

 the Dollar Company's holdings back 

 of Union Bay, British Columbia, in 

 August. Upwards of 500 acres were 

 burned over before the fire was sub- 

 dued. The Dollar Company had 

 only purchased the property a few 

 weeks ago, had 65 men working, and 

 lost about $20,000 worth of logs, 

 piles and poles. They saved all 

 their machinery, however. 



A FEW DON'TS FOR HUNTERS 



Don't pass a loaded gun for in- 

 spection to a brother hunter, or any- 

 one else for that matter. 



Don't leave a loaded gun around 

 the house or camp or anywhere else. 



Don't — whether it is loaded or not 

 —lay hold of a gun by the muzzle 

 and pull it toward you, from a canoe 

 or a wagon. 



Don't climb over a fence with a 

 loaded gun in your hands. 



Don't think you can do accurate 

 shooting with a dirty gun. 



Don't "walk up" on any wounded 

 game without having a cartridge in 

 the chamber of your rifle, ready for 

 any surprise. 



Don't by any chance set the woods 

 afire. 



WEIGHTS OF TIMBER 



Weight of one cord of green spruce 

 pulpwood is about 4,500 pounds. 



Weight of one cord of dry spruce 

 pulpwood is about 3,000 pounds. 



Weight of one cord of green white- 

 birch is about 6,000 pounds. 



Weight of one cord of poplar pulp- 

 wood is about 3,200 pounds. 



Weight of 1,000 feet of old growth 



spruce logs, (according to Maine or 

 Holland rule scale) is about 6,000 

 pounds. 



The weight of green lumber may 

 be reduced from 30 to 50 per cent, 

 or more in seasoning, while the 

 strength of small clear pieces may 

 increase in seasoning up to double 

 the strength when green. 



