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The foreman of this asphalting job thought 

 this was the correct method of surrounding 

 a tree. 



In a few weeks the swelling tree commences to 

 lift the pavement. A costly mistake which 

 could easilj have been guarded against. Photos 

 taken on Wilton Crescent, Ottawa. 



largemenl of the existing mills and the 

 creation of new saw-mills will also be 

 necessary, as well as the establishment 

 of other industrial concerns using 

 wood as raw material. Closely related 

 to the question of the organization of 

 the sale of timber is the creation of 

 railways and waterways connecting 

 Siberia with the markets of Western 

 Europe. 



Present Methods of Cutting 

 The usual practice in Siberia is tp 

 fell trees by hand near the rivers. 

 Up to the present practically no use 

 has been made of up-to-date logging 

 appliances. The logs are hauled to 

 the rivers by horses, a great number 

 of men and horses being required for 

 the work. They are either floated 

 down to the mills by rafts or are 

 brought down on barges. The scar- 



city and high cost of labour at the 

 present time is directing the attention 

 of timber producers to the question of 

 introducing labour-saving appliances. 

 Inquiries are being made for portable 

 hoisting cranes, while it is probable 

 that a demand could also be created 

 for other logging appliances in use on 

 the American Continent such as 

 cableways, stationary engines, trac- 

 tors, locomotives, etc. 



State Control Extended 

 A plan was adopted before the war 

 for the cutting of timber from the 

 State forests on a large scale. The 

 management of the forest lands be- 

 longing to the Government in Siberia 

 has been largely in the hands of the 

 Colonization Department of the Min- 

 istry of Agriculture. This department 

 operates several saw-mills and sup- 



