Notes of Forestry Progress 



Mr. J. Fraser Gregory, of St. John, KB., 

 was one of those who gave evidence before 

 the Dominions' Royal Commission on Im- 

 perial Trade Eelations before the work of 

 that body was postponed because of the 

 war. Mr. Gregory, who is an authority on 

 lumber conditions, confined himself entire- 

 ly to that subject, discussing the rate of 

 tree growth, timber leases, the deteriora- 

 tion of the forests through the coming in 

 of inferior species of trees, and the driv- 

 ing difficulties on the St. John River 

 owing to its international character. The 

 work of tliis Commission, which will be of 

 great benefit to the Empire, will, it is ex- 

 pected, be resumed as soon as war is over. 



Mr. F. E. Buck, B.S.A., assistant to the 

 Dominion Horticulturist, is the author of 

 Bulletin No. 19, on the ' Planting and Care 

 of Shade Trees.' The bulletin deals with 

 planting methods, what trees to plant, 

 rapidity of tree growth, hints on selecting 

 trees, distances apart to plant, ornamental 

 trees, wind-breaks, care of trees, pruning, 

 injuries to trees, how to protect trees, with 

 general suggestions as to the system of 

 planting trees in cities. The bulletin may 

 be had free by those desiring it by address- 

 ing the Department of Agriculture, Otta- 

 wa, Ont. 



The New Brunswick Government has de- 

 cided to suspend during the war that pro- 

 vision of the law which jirohibits the ex- 

 portation of timber for pulp purposes cut 

 on the Crown lands of the province, so far 

 as it relates to Great Britain. This will 

 allow pulpwood and pit projjs cut on Crown 

 lauds to be shipped to Great Britain. 



Human carelessness was responsible for 

 75 per cent, of the forest fires in District 

 No. 1 of the United States Forest Service, 

 which includes Montana and Northern 

 Idaho. The percentage is high, but prob- 

 ably is about a fair average in districts 

 where the population is comparatively 

 dense. The ordinary man rarely gives a 

 thought to what may happen when he 

 leaves a camp fire alight, or throws a burn- 

 ing match away. 



The forestry movement in Pennsylvania 

 owes much to the women of the State who 

 were active in its organization, and have 

 been its firm support individually and 

 through their clubs and federation, and a 

 number have been liberal contributors to 

 the support of the association. 



The British Columbia Forestry Branch, 

 in addition to interesting woodsmen, and 

 all who live near the woods in forest pro- 

 tection by the distriliution of uni<]ue jjos- 

 ters and useful articles which suggest 

 carefulness, has sent out to members of 

 the Boy Scouts one thoiTsaud i)Ocket whet- 

 stones, which bear this motto: 'Build 

 camp fires in safe places. When you leave 

 put them out. Boy Scouts be prepared. 

 Help protect our forests.' 



The Canadian Engineer notes that the 

 mines and metallurgical plants of northern 

 Ontario are now for the most part operated 

 by water powers, and that these powers 

 have been of the greatest service in pro- 

 viding cheap motive force. Everybody 

 knows that the permanence of these powers 

 depends upon forest being maintained upon 

 the headwaters of the streams, which is 

 a reason added to that of our need for 

 timber for protecting our northern On- 

 tario forests. 



A writer in the Toronto Weekly Sun notes 

 that the farm in Halton County, Ontario, 

 on which Honourable W. T. White, Minister 

 of Finance, was born, was originally cov- 

 ered with some of the finest pine that grew 

 on this continent. Mr. James Lyall White, 

 son of the original settler, was afterwards 

 a leading lumberman in Michigan, and he 

 stated that never in all his experience as a 

 lumberman did he see finer pine than that 

 which grew on the old homestead. 



In a recent address, Hon. W. H. Hearst, 

 T*rime Minister of Ontario, pointed out 

 that the capital invested in lumber inter- 

 ests in the province was $260,000,000. The 

 wages paid amounted to $39,000,000, and 

 $2, .500, 000 worth of farm products went 

 into the lumber camps as supplies. The 

 Government and lumbermen between them 

 spent $325,000 on fire protection in 1913. 



In some parts of the United States na- 

 tive birds have begun to increase in num- 

 l^ers after having reached a very low ebb. 

 This change is attributed to the dissemina- 

 tion of information by bird lovers and 

 bird societies as to the 

 by birds in protecting 

 forests. 



great 

 farm 



work done 

 crops and 



A movement has been on foot for some 

 time in the United States looking to the 

 formation of a treaty between the United 

 States and Canada, for the better protec- 

 tion of migratory birds passing back and 

 forth between the two countries. 



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