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Canadian Forestry Journal, June, ipi6. 



New Brunswick Fires 



St. John, N. B., May 20.— The 

 serious nature of the forest fires 

 which had been raging in the vicin- 

 ity of the city during the early part 

 of the week has been determined 

 now that the fires have been quench- 

 ed by the rains, and a survey of the 

 burned ground has been made possi- 

 ble. Definite information as to the 

 cause of these fires is lacking, but it 

 is stated positively, in at least two 

 of the cases that they had their ori- 

 gin through negligence on the part 

 of fishermen. 



The fires in the vicinity of Wels- 

 ford were the most serious. There 

 were three conflagrations, all of 

 large proportions, and for a time 

 matters looked very serious. The 

 worst one was between Welsford 

 and Clarendon. It started about 

 noon last Sunday, and as everything 

 was dry spread with much rapidity. 

 Part of the area burned had been 

 cut last year and the tree tops, 

 which had"^ been piled up in that dis- 

 trict, afforded great facilities for the 

 spread of the blaze. In one case the 

 fire reached a point about half a mile 

 from the railway track, and on Tues- 

 day night forty men went up from 

 Welsford, but it was impossible for 

 them to do anything to stay the pro- 

 gress of the flames. Some lumber 

 camps, owned by Hugh McDonald, 

 which were used during the past 

 winter, were destroyed. 



Another fire was raging in the 

 Gaspereaux district; another in the 

 vicinity of Olinville, and yet another 

 near Fowler's Corner. These blazes 

 at times assumed serious propor- 

 tions. There is no doubt but that 

 for the heavy rainfall all these fires 

 would have assumed enormous pro- 

 portions, but it is now reported that 

 they have been quenched and that 

 the danger is over. 



The fire at Black River is also re- 

 ported as about finished, the heavy 

 rains having put a check to its 

 further progress. 



So far as can be learned there was 

 no damage beyond the loss of the 



lumber camps and the destruction 

 of the trees, but the loss in timber 

 will, in itself, be no light one. 



Forest Fires and Reforestation 



The following resolution intro- 

 duced by Prof. P. S. Lovejoy, of the 

 University of Michigan, was adopted 

 by unanimous vote at the Spring 

 Meeting of the Technical Associa- 

 tion of the Pulp and Paper Industry, 

 held at Kalamazoo, Mich., May 11, 

 1916, and the secretary was in- 

 structed to send copies of it to the 

 various state forestry associations, 

 the governors of states and the press 

 generally : 



Since wood is an essential raw 

 material of the pulp and paper in- 

 dustry, and 



Since the supply of timber suitable 

 for pulp manufacture is rapidly de- 

 creasing and its cost is rapidly in- 

 creasing, and 



Since there are great areas of non- 

 agricultural lands in the lake states, 

 which lands once produced splendid 

 timber, but are now practically bar- 

 ren as the result of lumbering and 

 repeated fires, 



We therefore urge that the pulp- 

 producing states take immediate ac- 

 tion. 



(1) Looking toward the better 

 protection of these non-agricultural 

 lands from fire. 



(2) Looking toward the restock- 

 ing of such lands where necessary 

 by planting. 



Toronto Weekly Sun on "Forestry 



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We have heard a good deal about 

 the shortage in horses, meats and 

 wool which will exist during and 

 after the war and a lot of more or 

 less valuable advice to farmers has 

 been based on conditions alleged to 

 exist in regard to these matters. But 

 there is one natural product the sup- 

 ply of which has been shortened by 

 war by a much greater extent than 



