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Title: Canadian forestry journal
Identifier: canadianforestry1012canauoft (find matches)
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Authors: Canadian Forestry Association
Subjects: Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals
Publisher: (Ottawa) : Canadian Forestry Association
Contributing Library: ROM - University of Toronto
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132 Canadian Forestry .loiumal, July, 1915.
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QUEBEC'S FIHES. B. C.'S SniPI'IXG PROBLEM. The largest fires in Quebec province so far this year have broken out on limits outside the zones of the protective associations. In such instances ett'orts M'ere made by the companies' own rangers to deal with the outbreaks but too often the inex- perience of the fighting force proved a serious handicap. J. GUIDE HOR SETTLERS. A circular letter has been issued to settlers and farmers by the British Columbia Government em- bodying the regulations concerning fire permits, giving rules for guidance when burning slash or brush in land clearing operations and informa- tion as to what should be done when fire breaks out. It also appeals to the citizens to help elimi- nate the fire menace. GYPST MOTH DANGER. The presence of the gypsy moth in shipments of various forest products including pulpwood. from the United States, has led to the passing of an order-in-council as a result of which all â 'forest plant products, including logs, tan bark, posts, po'.es, ties, cordwood and lumber origi- nating from any one of the States of Maine, Mas- sachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island, shall not be admitted into Canada unless accompanied by a certificate showing that they have been innspected by the United States Department of AgriculUire and found free from the gypsy moth." MORE U. S. RESERVES. On Wednesday, September â 22, members of the American Forestry Association and delegates of various Forestry ' Societies, Boards of Trade. Chambers of Commerce and other organizations of the New England and Southern Appalachian States will appear before Secretary of Agricul- ture Houston at "Washington in conference. They will ask the Secretary to recommend to Congress the passage of a liill providing for an appropria- tion of $10,000,000 to be expended at the rate of $2,000,000 a -ear for five years in the pur- chase, under the Weeks Act, of more forest re- serves in New England and in the Southern Appalachians. C. P. R:S GOOD WORK. An incident which shows the determined stand taken by the Canadian Pacific Railway to deal with forest fires along its lines occurred recently in Quebec. Sparks from an engine set fire t" grass on the right of way and spread to a patch of timber. Quick action by a ranger of the Laurentide Company confined the destruction to about three acres. The next day the defective engine was taken out of service and a special patrolman was put on the track with a track ve'ocipede to follow up all trains. The section foreman was reprimanded, the master mechanic being called upon also to explain his conduct. In four days the Forest Inspector had appraised the damage" and submitted his report to the Claims Department of the railway. This is indeed an -example of prompt and thorough action. Mr. H. K. MacMillan, Chief Forester of British Columbia, is engaged at present as special trade commissioner for his Government, in making a study of the transportation question since the lack of shipping is the British Columbia lum- berman's chief problem. Mr. MacMillan's trip will include France, Italy and Spain, South Af- rica, Australia, New Zealand, India, China, Japan, and South America. THE COVER PICTURE. The picture from which this month's cover for the Journal was taken represents an actual pho- tograph of a moose swimming a stream in the Rainy River country along the lines of the Cana- dian Northern Railway. While engaged in his work as fire ranger on the Dawson canoe route, H. J. Bury saw the moose take the water and by following closely in its wake secured the unique picture for which the Journal is indebted to the Canadian Northern. MUST BURN THE TOPS. The Quebec Gov-ernment has sent to limit liold- ers in the province a notice stating that the Government plans to pass an order-in-council making it obligatory on all persons lumbering along the right-of-way of any railroad to clear away and burn all tops and debris within 100 feet of the right-of-way. This is decidediy a pro- gressive step which will have hear;y and general support. It imposes no very heavy exi>ense on any party concerned and provides a valuable pro- tection for the adjacent woodlands. AN ONTARIO REMINDER. The Ontario Department of Lands, Forests and Mines has issued recently for the use of lumber- men, loggers, tourists, settlers, railroad construc- tion gangs, boy scouts, etc., a handy pocket whet- stone neatly mounted in enamelled metal. On the enamel is printed in bold letters: 'Prevent Forest FiresâWhen in the woods put your camp- fires out. Do not drop lithted matches or tobac- co." This is likely to prove very effective as a constant reminder to thousands who come in contact with the forests. SAP CUP BURIED IN TREE. Mr. Avern Pardoe, a well-known stock broker of Toronto, writes this interesting note to "Ameri- can Forestry" : â â I was cutting a large white pine, about three feet in diameter ajid 150 feet high, when about a third of the way through the ax went into what I thought was rot. The remainder of the cut was made with the saw. We then found the supposed unsoundness was in reality a cup cut into the tree when it was young and subse- quently overgrown with new wood. There were over eighty rings of new wood outside the cup and about seventy rings had been formed before the cup was made. It was undoubtedly Indian work as eighty years ago there were no white people in the district. The purpose of the cut must have been to gather gum for the making ;ind mending of canoes, etc. The place was the shore of an island in Lake Joseph in the Mus- koka district, Ontario, Canada."

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