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Cajiadian Forestry Journal, June-July, 1914 



Queensland Forests. 



A Saskatchewan View. 



The annual report of Mr. N. W. 

 Jolly, Director of Forests for Queens- 

 land, Australia, shows that there, as 

 elsewhere, the amount of timber in 

 the forests has been much over-esti- 

 mated. There are now in temporary 

 reserves 3,211,855 acres, so held un- 

 til they can be examined to ascertain 

 whether the land should be perman- 

 ently reserved for forest growth. 

 The total area permanently reserved 

 in state forests and national parks is 

 881,682 acres. During the year 98,- 

 950 acres of the temporary timber 

 reserves were examined, and of this 

 7,600 Avere found unsuited to the 

 growth of indigenous timbers. About 

 30,000 acres Avas entirely cut over 

 and offered little inducement to re- 

 forestry efforts. Another area of 

 15,150 acres Avas estimated to carry 

 40,000,000 superficial feet of hard- 

 wood, of A\diich 30 per cent. A\'as fit 

 for milling purposes. Of the re- 

 mainder 30,000 acres contained pine 

 and 14,500 Avere grasslands, the re- 

 tention of AAdiich Avas necessary in 

 order to provide grass for teams en- 

 gaged in hauling. The remaining 

 26,000 acres Avas estimated to con- 

 tain 170,000,000 feet of timber of 

 milling size, A\-ith probably 50 per 

 cent, more of knotty unsalable tim- 

 ber and considerable young groAvth. 

 Tile timber revenue for the year AA'as 

 $317,230, and the expenditure $26,- 

 980. A nursery has been started in 

 AA-hich to propagate suitable indigen- 

 ous and exotic trees. Efforts are also 

 being made to secure better utiliza- 

 tion of pine tops. A pulp company 

 to utilize pine Avaste has also been 

 started. 



SaskatchcAA'an requires more For- 

 estry Farms. Then there should be 

 at least two lecturers continuously on 

 the road to hold meetings, giving lec- 

 tures on forestry, shelter-belts, etc. 

 The gospel of tree-planting should be 

 brought to farmers. These lecturers 

 could take the names and locations of 

 farmers aa'Iio are anxious and ready 

 to plant trees, send in the lists to the 

 liead office in the province, and in- 

 spectors should be sent out to examine 

 each farm, so as to advise farmers 

 Avhere to plant, and Iioaa^ to prepare 

 the ground for the folloAving year's 

 planting. It is all. right to expend 

 money on the general ConserA'ation 

 Commission to enthuse citizens the 

 Dominion OA-er on AAdiat our natural 

 resources ai-e and how they should be 

 conserved, but the practical AA'orking 

 end of the problem should not be 

 neglected. Give SaskatcheAA'an for- 

 estry farms and practical men to meet 

 progressive farmers, and in a feAV 

 years the treeless, AA'indsAA'ept prairies 

 AA'ould be clianged to a park-like coun- 

 try, AA-ith trees on every farm. — Sas- 

 katchewan Farmer. 



A member in the Uniteil States writes: 

 ^ The Journal is A^ery interesting. It is 

 snappy and aliA'e. I am sure we will con- 

 tinue the subscription. ' 



Professor Wallace P. Cohoe of Toronto 

 University has invented a sausage casing 

 which is made from wood pulp. 



Pennsylvania Forests. 



PennsylA'ania is not only doing a 

 good deal in the Avay of forestry, but 

 it is letting the people knoAA^ it by 

 means of leaflets and circulars. 



The state, beginning in 1897, 

 bought back 984,064 acres of non- 

 agricultural lands for $2,221,993, an 

 average of $2.26 per acre. This is 

 the state forest. 



The state noAv employs 56 forest- 

 ers and 92 rangers. 



OA'er 3,000 miles of trails and 75 

 miles of telephone line have been 

 built. Fire observation toAvers have 

 been constructed. 



Improvement cuttings are being 

 made. 



Three large forest tree nurseries 

 and 16 small ones haA^e been started. 



