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Canadian Forestry Journal, October, ipi6 



(Forestry Notes of Department of 

 Forestry. University of New 

 Brunswick.) 

 According to the Yale Forest School 

 News of October 1st Harold C. Belyea, 

 who has been in charge of the exami- 

 nation of the Crown Land in Mada- 

 waska County, N.B., will return to 

 New Haven about November 1st to as- 

 sist Prof. Record with a study of tro- 

 pical woods, going in as laboratory as- 

 sistant. 



All the foresters will regret to hear 

 of the death of Captain Robert K. 

 Shives, of the Royal Flying Corps, in 

 London, on September 29th, in a Lewis 

 machine gun accident. Shives made 

 an enviable record as an aviator, hav- 

 ing been recommended for the D.C.M. 

 for gallant conduct. He had spent 

 about six weeks at his home in Camp- 

 bellton, and had just returned to Eng- 

 land, and was expecting to go to the 

 front again when the unfortunate acci- 

 dent occurred. His loyalty to the for- 

 estry camp will always be remembered, 

 as he Avas one of the prime movers in 

 building it. 



Kenneth R. Vavasour, of the class 

 of 1914. recently resigned his position 

 with the Dominion Forestry Branch, 

 and has enlisted with the 226th Fores- 

 try Battalion . 



cent trip on the Maguadavic river to 

 investigate the damage done. Provin- 

 cial Forester Caverhill believes that in 

 certain infested areas clear cuttings of 

 balsam may have to be made this sum- 

 mer. Other species of beetles are al- 

 read}' at work in dying trees, so that 

 this step may be necessary if timber of 

 commercial value is to be saved. 



There are about fourteen men regis- 

 tered in the Forestry course in the 

 University of New Brunswick, which 

 is considered very good for this year. 

 Freshman, Sophomore and Senior 

 classes are the only ones represented 

 by full courses, many students having 

 enlisted. Among those who have re- 

 turned to resume their studies are 

 George Miller and Leo Kelly, who 

 have been engaged with the Dominion 

 Forestry Branch ; Kilburn and Cran- 

 dall, who have been engaged in G. H. 

 Prince's party in the survey of lands 

 between the Miramichi and Bartholo- 

 mew rivers ; Roy Christie, who has 

 had a very successful summer with 

 Mr. Gareau, of the J. B. Snowball 

 Company, Chatham, N.B.; Mr. Taylor, 

 who was incapacitated for overseas by 

 appendicitis. Among the others are 

 Mowat. transferring from Arts to For- 

 estry ; and of Freshmen entering are 

 AVebb, Betts, Seely, Stevens, Wheeler, 

 Sutherland, and xALdams. 



The spruce bud worm, whose <\vork 

 was noticed during the summer by sev- 

 eral of the Crown Land survey par- 

 ties, promises to be a serious pest in 

 New Brunswick unless some of its nat- 

 ural enemies come to the front to hold 

 it in check. It is especially bad on 

 balsam fir, and returning from a re- 



Among the U. N. B. men still en- 

 gaged on Crown Land survey work af- 

 ter changes in parties due to the return 

 of several" students to college are: G. 

 H. Prince, in charge near Boisetown, 

 N.B. ; Belyea, in charge in Madawaska 

 countv, under whom are Williams and 

 Jago ; Burns and Young, near Ander- 

 son, N.B., and Brewer and Melrose, 



