Canadian Forestry Journal. July, igi6. 629 



rags and fibres of many kinds, most considered as waste, and by the use 



promment of which is wood fibre; of which, the better grades of fibre 



but to date, the wood fibre used is can be saved for higher grade papers 



largely of the body variety rather and purposes. 



than the refuse product-for high- All details necessary for use of 



grade papers rule. However, de- slash material in paper makinp- are 



velopmg toward the saving of such ^^ hand and can be supplied on re 



waste has been going on, and we ^l^^s^ ; and the use of slash for the 



are now able to use this product by ^^^ ^"^ other bi-products is even 



a process of shredding, digesting and T"^ §^ practiced, while the use 



beating in the production of low , ,■ branch-wood for fuel is a 



^rade papers, and of heavy paper- ? .^T ^";^"^ '^'''^^ "^"st necesarily 



box-board material, etc. °^^°^^ ^^^ depletion of our forest 



The utilization of the slash for ^'^Wh.^ f, ^ , 



this purpose requires, naturally, operations L. f ° P,^"^'" '" ^°°^s 



niore equipment and more invest- ?ullv confined '.'^ kind, except it be 



ment, but again, it is feasible, be- will the danc^'r '"/ f^ °"^>^ ^h^"' 



cause It turns to use a product now eliminated ^ '"''' ^'''' '^'^ 



The forests form one of the largest of the natural resources of 

 Canada and one that has contributed largely not only to the" nera 

 prosperity ot the country but to the public revenues. Moreove'r there 

 are extensive areas that will be productive only if they are used for 

 growing torests With these facts in mind it seems self-evident that 

 It is the duty of every citizen to take an interest in the forests The 

 support of the Canadian Forestry Association is one of the channels 

 through which every citizen can have a share. 



"The Association has done splendid work in placing before the 

 public the value of the forests and the means for protecting them and 

 making them more valuable. The improvements in forest manage- 

 ment in recent years are largely due to the work of the Association 

 It is m every possible way educating people to the necessity of pre- 

 venting the fires which take such heavy toll from the forest every 

 year, and is securing that co-operation in protection which must finallv 

 embrace every citizen of the commonwealth if it is to be successful. 



"The Association's work will be successful in proportion to the 

 strength and numbers of its membership and it deserves the support of 

 every citizen who is interested in the prosperity of the country. The 

 provincial governments derive large revenues from the forests and 

 even if the object were only to keep up the public revenues and re- 

 strict the scope of direct taxation it would be deserving of the sup- 

 port of the tax-paying public." 



^ ,_, . R. H. CAMPBELL. 



June, 1916. Director of Forestry. 



