. Canadian forest industries January-June 1920. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. February 15, 1920 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 61 Foresters and Lumbermen Hold Conference Timely Topics Discussed at Important Gathering—Disposal of Slash, Aerial Photo- graphy and Wood-destroying Diseases Create Lively Debates The annual Forestry and Lumber Conference held in the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, on January 28th and 29th was largely attended, representatives of various companies, firms and governments, coming from Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswic
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1920. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. February 15, 1920 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 61 Foresters and Lumbermen Hold Conference Timely Topics Discussed at Important Gathering—Disposal of Slash, Aerial Photo- graphy and Wood-destroying Diseases Create Lively Debates The annual Forestry and Lumber Conference held in the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, on January 28th and 29th was largely attended, representatives of various companies, firms and governments, coming from Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, and the U. S. The subjects discussed covered a wide range, including railway fire protection, slash disposal, aerial photography, diseases of woods mixed stands, and hard and soft woods. The first day the proceed- ings wc-° under the auspices of the Quebec Forest Protective As- sociaiton, and the second day under the auspices of the Woodlands section of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association. Mr. R. Kernan of the Donnacona Paper Company, Quebec, presided at all the sessions. In opening the proceedings of the first day, Mr. Kernan introduced the subject of railway fire protection, pointing out the importance of the matter, especially in view of the high price of pulpwood and lumber. The protection in the Province of Quebec had never been so efficient as under the present system of co-operative fire protective associations, in which the Government Had taken an active part. Rut the problem extended to all the provinces in the Dominion, and that morning they would discuss the question of railway patrol. If there were defects in this system, they desired to discuss them with a view to finding remedies. Railroads and Forest Fires Mr. G. C. Piche, chief of the forest service of Quebec, read a paper on the "Relationship between Railroads and Forest ; He pointed out that the railways were still responsible for many of the fires occuring in the forests of the provi
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