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Canadian Forestry Journal, August-September, 1914 



regarded at their true worth until they 

 have disappeared from lack of material. 

 The Dominion Forestry Branch is doing a 

 national service in bringing the different 

 parts of the country under review in this 

 way. The above is Bulletin No. 44 of the 

 Forestry Branch of the Department of the 

 Interior, and it may be had free ujion ap- 

 plication to the Director of Forestry, Otta- 

 wa. It has been compiled from reports re- 

 ceived from over six hundred manufacturers 

 in the Maritime Provinces, which statement 

 itself shows the importance of the industry. 

 Since it is a study of conditions rather than 

 a census, its figures are likely to be under, 

 rather than over, the mark. It shows that, 

 aside from the export trade, at least two 

 hundred million feet of timlier are annually 

 required to supply the wood using indus- 

 tries of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and 

 Prince Edward Island. The value of this 

 material is over .$3,684,000. Twenty-eight 

 different kinds of ^vooil are used. The in- 

 dustries are divided into the following: 

 Woodpulp, building construction, cooperage, 

 boxes, cars, boats, furniture, coffins, foundry 

 boxes, vehicles, machinery parts, patterns, 

 agricultural imidements, handles and fruit 

 baskets. The Bulletin forms a pamphlet of 

 one hundred pages, in which the subject is 

 treated in all its relations. Those who de- 

 sire to keep in touch with this industry in 

 these provinces should send for a copy. 



Fmt Annual Bepor-t of the Botanical Of- 

 fice of the Province of British Columbia, 

 191."., by J. Davidson, F.L.S., F.B.S.E., Pro- 

 vincial Botanist, printed by the King's 

 Printer, Victoria, B.C. This is a handsome 

 report of thirty pages on heavy paper, illus- 

 trated by many inserted maps and engrav- 

 ings. The object of the Botanical Office 

 is to form a provincial herbarium of the 

 native flora, to collect information and 

 literature relating to the same, to make 

 recoi-ds of native species, etc. The report 

 shows that this work has been entered upon 

 energetically, and that the reproach that the 

 best collections of British Columbia flora 

 are to be found in Ottawa and Washington 

 will soon be removed. 



DROUGHT TESTS FOREST FIRE PRO- 

 TECTION PLANS. 



The efficiency and resources of all forest- 

 protective organizations in Canada have 

 been put to a severe test this year l)y the 

 prolonged drought which prevailed through- 

 out the greater portion of Canada during 

 the early part of August. It seems prob- 

 able that 1914 will be recorded as the worst 

 fire year since 1910. The situation in 

 southern British Columbia has been very 

 serious, and great areas have been burned 

 over in Alberta, on the east slope of the 

 Rocky Mountains. Northern Ontario has 

 suffered severely. 



The railways are no longer the chief 

 source of forest fires, and the necessity for 

 a stricter control of the setting of fires by 

 settlers for clearing land is becoming in- 

 creasingly apparent. AlsOj in many sections, 

 especially on cut-over lands, where most of 

 the fires originate, the establishment of a 

 more adequate patrol system is essential to 

 ])rotect young growth ami prevent the 

 spread of fires into old timber. The exten- 

 sion of the merit .system in the appointment 

 of fire rangers in the services of both the 

 Dominion and Provincial Governments is 

 necessary if the best residts in fire protec- 

 tion are to be secured. — Clyde Leavitt, in 

 Conservation. 



NEW FORESTRY JOURNAL. 



Tlic Bilimorean is the name of a cpiarter- 

 ly publication Issued in Cadillac, Michigan, 

 to take the place of The Biltmorc Doings, 

 which ceased when Dr. Sehenck gave up the 

 \\ork of the Biltmore Forest School. In the 

 opening editorial it is stated that The Bilt- 

 morean is the result of a desire on the part 

 of many of the graduates of the Biltmore 

 Forest School for a school paper which 

 should serve as a medium of correspond- 

 ence between all Biltmoreans, as a tie to 

 l)ind the friendships formed in the school- 

 days, as a fitting record of the achieve- 

 ments of graduates and their opinions and 

 methods, and as the upholder of the good 

 name of the Biltmore Forest School among 

 the host of other institutions dedicated to 

 Forestry, and the allied pursuits. 



FIRE PREVENTION NOTICES. 



The Crown Lands Dej^artment of Nova 

 Scotia has, for the most part, discarded 

 the old method of printing extracts from 

 the laws against fire as fire notices, and 

 has adopted the plan of printing short, 

 pithy sentences to remind the camper of 

 the immediate need. Here are some of the 

 posters: — 



FOREST FIRES CAN BE PREVENTED. 



Use your influence against 



CARELESSNESS, 



And Make 'Caution' the By- Word When 



in the Woods. 

 Breach Forest Protection and Practice it 

 . Too. 



Pipes, Cigars, and Cigarettes are 



DANGEROUS. 



A Fire from Your Pipe Means That You 

 Alone Are 



RESPONSIBLE. 



Be Careful. 



