Cunadian Fonslri/ JouiiKtl, September, 1917 



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Motion Pictures for Public Education 



The Canadian Forestry Association has made a commencement in the 

 use of motion pictures in educational work. One film that vividly depicts 

 the tragic consequences of a neglected camp fire showing a forest in flames, 

 burning buildings, a settler's family fleeing from the fire, modern methods of 

 fire fighting, etc., is being circuited by the Association through the settlernents 

 of Ontario and Quebec. A second film will follow in a few weeks and, if the 

 Association's financial condition permits, there will be several graphic films in 

 constant use henceforth at small towns and villages in the vicinity of timber, 

 each film covering two theatres weekly. Motion picture films represent a 

 high initial cost and the risk of damage and loss is heavy. 



THE FUTURE WOOD SUPPLY 



James White, deputy head of the 

 Conservation Commission, recently 

 paid a visit to Victoria, B.C., and, 

 after a tour of the Pacific Coast 

 province, stated that he believed the 

 pulp wood resources were in the 

 neighborhood of 250,000,000 cords. 

 He said that the situation was, how- 

 ever, serious throughout Canada, 

 especially in the far east, where the 

 extent of pulp wood had been grossly 

 overestimated. Cruisers in Eastern 

 Canada and the United States had, 

 in some cases, reported, that there 

 was enough material to last fifty 



years. Later investigation had prov- 

 ed that about thirteen or fourteen 

 years would be nearer the limit. 

 Mr. White said that the r-esult was 

 that America must now^ look to the 

 west for its supply of pulp wood. 

 With the east facing exhaustion, 

 British Columbia's pulp making - 

 woods were destined to meet a large 

 part of continental requirements. 

 Soon Canada would be the world's 

 greatest source of pulp and paper. 

 If regulated, the forests of British 

 Columbia could continue to give six 

 milhon cords of pulpwood per an- 

 num for an almost indefinite period. 



ONTARIO'S FIRE POSTERS 



Some of the most striking posters issued anywhere this year have come 

 from the Forestry Branch of the Department of Lands and Forests at To- 

 ronto. They are printed on paraffin-coated cardboard, in two colors, and 

 will be certain to arrest the attention of settlers, campers, etc. 



