Canadian forest industries January-June 1922 (1922) (20534199391)

Title: Canadian forest industries January-June 1922

Identifier: canadianforjanjun1922donm (find matches)

Year: 1922 (1920s)

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Subjects: Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries

Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications

Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto

Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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CANADA LUMBERMAN

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L. M. Ellis, Auckland, N. Z. Director of Forestry Mr. Ellis Doing Good Work in New Zealand L. Mcintosh Ellis, director of forestry for New Zealand, has sent the "Canada Lumberman" a copy of the annual report of the forest service for the year ending March 31st 1921. Mr. Ellis, who is a former Toronto boy, says that they have got away to a fairly good start, and he hopes that they will be able to continue the pro- gress that has been made during the years to come. In a general review of the ad- vancement made, Mr. Ellis in his annual report says:— New Zealand is now in the third "forestry boom," the first one dat- ing back to the year 1874, when the self-same symptoms and fears of timber famine were expressed as are being voiced at the present time . The positions are parallel, but with the important difference that to-day the Parliament, Press, and people are beginning to appreciate the meaning of timber con- servation and national forestry. This growing interest has found ex- pression during the year in a definite forest policy, the creation of an administrative instrument, the Forest Service, and the additional ded- ication to technical management of forest and woodlands which now bring the total up to 6,800,000 acres. The year under review may be considered as the year of stocking, of orientation, and of study of the conditions and problems incident to a sound and businesslike administration, and of the procedure and modus operandi necessary to forest-management. The year ending March 31, 1922, will be known as the year of establishment and of application, whilst the year ending March 31, 1923, may be known as the year of fruition and results. During 1920—21, a study was made of the quantity and distribut- ion of the indigenous forests of the State; of afforestation activities; of New Zealand methods of forest administration and exportation of timber; of the silvical and ecological problems attendant on the re- growth of the indigenous forests, and of many other factors incident to timber and timber use. The period April to August was spent by the writer in studying forest milling and industrial wood consumption throughout the Dom- inion. In September a comprehensive survey traversing the whole field of forestry and forest activities was prepared and presented to the Minister in Charge of Forestry. After a deliberate consideration of the report a plan of administration was approved and steps were taken to bring into being the State Forest Service. The central management and administrative control of the ser- vice briefly consists of the Director of Forestry (assisted by the Chief inspector) and the Secretary, with offices at Wellington. Fungi Plays Havoc with Wood Pulp "Enormous losses are suffered annually by the paper industry during the necessary periods of storage of wood pulp due to deter- ioration caused by fungi," declared Mr. C. Audrey Richards, mem- ber of the Mycological Section of the Botanical Society of America in addressing the members of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science in Toronto. Eighty-nine species of fungi have been isolated from wood pulp. A large number of these fungi have been studied in relation to the actual loss they occasioned in pulp. Forty-two of the fungi isolated are capable of producing damage. Among the 106 chemicals which were sprayed on pulp, to test their efficiency in preserving it, sodium fluoride, borax, boric acid, sodium dinitrophenolate and sodium dichromate were found most effective. How Pine Timbered Areas Have Been Depleted Declaring that pine timber areas in Ontario had been so depleted that natual regrowth on cut-over areas will not supply the needs of the future, E. J. Zavitz, Provincial Forester for Ontario, in speaking at a joint session of the Canadian Society of Forest Engineers and the Society of American Foresters, said that Ontario had taken steps to initiate a comprehensive reforestation program. Mr. Zavitz placed a large part of the blame for depletion of the pine forests on fire. "In less than a half century," he said, "we have used up the larger part of our virgin supplies of timber. Only 20 years' supply of virgin pine remains. Originally there were 30 million acres of pine lands in Ontario. Possibilities of natural replacement had been destroyed on half this enormous area, chiefly by fire. "From studies made in various parts of our original pineries," continued the speaker, "it is shown that natual regroth cannot supply our future needs. A survey of the conditions in the region from which our raw material is obtained has awakened the Government to the necessity of providing for reforestation in the cut-over districts. Plans are now under way to establish forest stations in the cut-over pin- eries. Forest nurseries will be established and a comprehensive pl- anting program initiated. It is expected that a forest planting scheme will be* developed which will produce a new growth equalling at least the present annual cut of pine. Airplane Service for Forestry Purposes Thomas Hall, president of the Canadian Services, Montreal, is head of a new company which has been organized to take over the entire flying" plant and equipment of the Laurentide Air Service, Grand Mere, Que. During the coming season the new company will take over the air cruising work of the St. Maurice Valley with Head- quarters at Lac La Tortue, Que. The principal work of the fleet of aircraft handled by the new company will consist of aerial photography, to decide the value and potential worth of timber limits, re-placing the old time timber cruisers, aerial fire patrol and reconnaisance and transportation. It is planned that photographic mosaics of large forest areas in the St. Maurice district shall be taken, just as was done by the flying craft over the enelmy lines during the war. In addition it is planned that an effective fire patrol shall be established, with telephone con- nections and other methods to prevent forest fires from getting out of hand. Hon. Mr. Low Gets Cabinet Distinction Hon. T. A. Low, who has been made a member of the new Lib- eral cabinet at Ottawa, without portfolio, is well known in political lines, which he entered some thirteen years ago, when he was elected to the House of Commons for South Renfrew. He was returned in 1911 but retired in 1912, remaining in private life until the recent cam- paign. Mr. Low is well known in the lumber arena, having been a lum- ber merchant and manufacturer for many years and owning extensive limits. He was born in the city of Quebec, but has lived for the great- er part of his life in Pembroke, where he carries on business as a lum- ber merchant and manufacturer, being connected with a large num- ber of industries. It Will Pay to Grow Pulpwood "It will not be difficult to demonstrate to the paper manufact- urer that he can afford to grow trees for pulpwood, when he is pay- ing $30 per cord for peeled wood," said Dr. Hugh P. B.aker, Secre- tary of the American Pulp & Paper Association, before the Yale For- est Club at New Haven. "It is my belief that we are passing out of the sentimental stage in forestry, and that in the next five years we are going to see the be- ginning of a real economic development in forestry. That is, the time has come when it is going to pay in dollars and cents to grow trees. In another, as business becomes better, and our industries come back to reasonable production, we are going to come again to the condition which faced us a year ago, that wood for our industries will cost us more that it costs to grow it . When we can demonstrate to the paper manufacturer, for instance, that he can afford to grow pulpwood, we are going to see the same sensible turning to forestry that we have seen in the turn to better banking methods and better methods of manufacture." Will Explore More Pulpwood Areas "Forest engineers will explore the country surrounding the north shore of the St. Lawrence, the Bay of Ungava and Hudson Bay," G. C. Piche, Provincial Forester for Quelbec,declared recently. "The Government intends to build various forest stations which will serve as bases for these explorations, and it is expected that these reconaissances will enable the Government better to protect the country and also to put rapidly into use various units for pulp and power development. "Quebec has six million acres of timber lands in private owner- ship, forty-five million acres under license for timber and pulpwood purposes." The Government, Mr. Piche continued, aimed to work in co- operation with the private owners by helping them in fire protection and reforestation. The limit holders in Quebec have already done a great deal in the way of forest surveys, fire protection, conservative lumbering and reforestation.

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