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pith the fibre is longest at from 10 to 

 30 feet from the ground and decreases 

 gradually either higher up or lower 

 down. Now for comparison we have 

 figures from ordinary growth white 

 spruce as follows,— in one tree at 

 3 feet from the ground and 30 years 

 from pith, average length of fibre 

 2.25 millimeters; in a second tree at 

 8 feet from the ground and 20 years 

 from the pith 3.01 millimeters, and 

 at 30 years from the pith 3.65 milh- 

 meters. Keeping in mind the fact 

 that the fibre in the rapidly grown 

 specimen was taken at only 18 inches 

 from the ground it appears safe, by 

 comparison with the other figures 



cjuoted, to state that the fibre in this 

 particular tree averages at least 10 

 per cent, longer than in the ordinary 

 white spruce. 



One may conclude from the re- 

 sults stated above that white spruce, 

 planted in favorable ground and pro- 

 tected from suppression by crowding, 

 wdll yield trees of good size for pulp- 

 woocl within 30 years, and although 

 the wood will be slightly lighter than 

 that of slower grown trees, the fibre 

 will be of good length. 



H. N. LEE. 

 Wood Technologist, 

 Forest Products Laboratories of 

 Canada, Montreal. 



Turning Timber Orders Towards Canada 



One of the most interesting cpies- 

 tions awaiting the close of the war is 

 Canada's future share in the timber 

 market of the British Empire. Al- 

 ready a readjustment is in process 

 whereby it is hoped a larger part of 

 the enormous volume of timber orders 

 given to Russia (60 per cent, of the 

 total requirements) will be turned 

 towards Canada. Readers of the 

 Forestry Journal will be glad to know 

 that the Executive Council of the 

 Imperial Institute in London has 

 constituted an Advisory Committee 

 for Canada. This committee con- 

 sists of Sir George Perley, K.C.M.G., 

 High Commissioner for Canada,chair- 

 man; Sir Robert Kindersley, K.B.E., 

 governor Hudson's Bay Company; 

 J. G. Colmer, C.M.G., former sec- 

 retary, High Commissioner's office 

 in London; J. H. Plummer, Dominion 

 Steel Corporation, and Sir Keith 

 Price, of the Ministry of Munitions. 



One of the most important matters 

 on which action is being taken by 

 the committee is that of the more 

 extensive utilization of Canadian tim- 

 bers in the United Kingdom. The 

 Imperial Institute Advisory Com- 

 mittee on Timbers has been taking 

 evidence on this subject. Arrange- 

 ments have been made for a series 



of practical trials of selected British 

 Columbia timbers to be carried out 

 by H.M. Office of Works, with a 

 view to the inclusion of these tim- 

 bers in official specifications. 



"SUPPRESS THE PATRONAGE 

 EVIL" 



Says Industrial Canada, organ of 

 the Canadian Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, Toronto: 



"That live organization, the Can- 

 adian Forestry Association is awake 

 to every opportunity to promote its 

 propaganda, the safeguarding of Can- 

 ada's forest wealth. Industrial Can- 

 ada is cjuite willing to second its 

 plea for more careful and impartial 

 selection of the men on whose effi- 

 ciency so much depends in the way 

 of conserving our great forest re- 

 sources." 



A CORRECTION 



In the November issue of the Jour- 

 nal an article on the 1917 forest fire 

 Itsses on the territory of the St. 

 Maurice Forest Protective Associa- 

 tion contained the statement that 

 4367 acres had been burned over 

 "or 61 scpiare miles." Obviously the 

 latter figure ought to have been 6.8 

 scpiare miles. 



