Canadian forestry journal 



Vol. XI. 



Ottawa, Canada, April. 1915. 



No. 4 



CANADIAN FORESTRY JOURNAL. 



Published monthly by the 



C.\N.\DiAN Forestry Association, 



Journal Building. 



Ottawa, Canada. 



Devoted to the cause of forest conservation. 

 Subscription $1 per year. 

 Advertising Rates on Application. 



CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



Patron, H. R. H. the Govekxor General. 

 Honorary Pres., Rt. Hon. Sir IIohekt Horden. 



Honorary Past Pres., Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid 

 Laurier. 



Fre.--ident, Mr. F. C. Whitman. 

 Vice-Pre--i(lent, Mu J B. Mii.lkr. 



Treaiurer, Miss M. Robinson ^ Journal Building, 

 Secretar>'. Robsox Black f Ottawa, Can. 



Directors. 



Directors: William Little, Hiram Robinson, 

 .\ubrey White, E. Stewart, W. B. Snowball, 

 Thomas Southworth, Hon. W. C. Edwards, Geo. Y. 

 Chown, .John Hendry, Hon. W. A. Charlton, Wm. 

 Power, M.P., Hon. W. J. Roche, Sir Geo. H. 

 Pcrley, Hon. Sydney Fisher, R. H. Campbell, 

 liordon C. Edwards, Dr. B. E. Fernow, 

 Ellwood Wilson, Senator Bostock, G. C. Piche, 

 .^lex. MacLaurin, M^. P. E. Roy, A. P. Steven- 

 son, Wm. Pearce, C. E. E. Ussher, Denis Murphy, 

 C. Jackson Booth, Sir Wm. Price, J. W. Harkom, 

 A. S. Goodere, W. C. J. Hall, J. S. Dennis, J. B. 

 White, E. J. Zariu, Geo. Chahoon, Jr., R. D. 

 Prettie, Hon. N. Curry, A. C. Flnmerfelt, H. R. 

 MacMillan, Clyde Leavitt. 



Territorial Vice-Presidents. 



Ontario: — Hon. G. Howard Ferguson. 

 Quebec: — Hon. Jules AUard. 

 New Brunswick: — Hon. George J. Clarke 

 Nora Scotia: — Hon. O. T. Daniels. 

 Manitoba: — Sir R. P. Roblin. 

 Prince Edward Island: — Hon. J. A. Matheson 

 Saskatchewan: — His Honor G. W. Brown. 

 Alberta: — Hon. A. L. Sifton. 

 British Columbia: — Hon. W. R. Ross. 

 Yukon: — Hon. Geo. Black, Commissioner. 

 Mackenzie: — F. D. Wilson. 

 Patricia: — His Honor Sir Douglas Cameron. 

 Ungava: — His Grace Mgr. Bruchesi, Archbishop 

 of Montreal. 



fAcuLTY CF mimt 



CONTEXTS. Page. 



Editorial. ... 4ft 



Secretary, the Nimv. . 50 



Reconnaissance Forest Purveys 51 



Tree Planting iu Ontario 53 



Telephone Lines in Logging Oj^era- 



tions 54 



History of Canadian Timber Trade.. oG 



A Farmers ' Tree 57 



Woman's Plea for Trees 'j9 



With the Forest Engineers ti] 



EDITORIAL. 



In the speech from the Throne at 

 the opening of the legi.slatui-e of tl:e 

 Province of Xew Brunswick, on 

 ^larch 11, announcement was matle 

 that a new act to provide for a com- 

 plete and scientific survey of the 

 seven million acres of Crown Lands 

 in New Brunswick at a cost of $400,- 

 000, would l)e introduced. It was an- 

 nounced tliat the survey would jn-ob- 

 ably take three or four years to eom- 

 ])lete. and would lead to a re-cla.ssifi- 

 eation of Crown Lands. 



The committee appointed by timber 

 limit holders in the Upper Ottawa 

 valley to consider the question of 

 forming a forest fire protective asso- 

 ciation like those in the Lower Ottawa 

 and St. ^laurice valleys have decided 

 that there is not now time to organize 

 for the danger sea.son of 1015. Xo 

 further action will therefore be taken 

 at present. It is understood the St. 



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