. Canadian forest industries January-June 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 47 substantially trueâ that the Ontario Government were sending out men to fight fires who dared not leave the river banks for fear of getting lost, who did not know the difference between a frying pan and a paddle, or be- tween a birch and a poplar," while on the other hand they ignored the finest natural genius in the world for this kind of work. The Indian boy knows the forest as the University student knows the ble
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 47 substantially trueâ that the Ontario Government were sending out men to fight fires who dared not leave the river banks for fear of getting lost, who did not know the difference between a frying pan and a paddle, or be- tween a birch and a poplar," while on the other hand they ignored the finest natural genius in the world for this kind of work. The Indian boy knows the forest as the University student knows the bleachers of the campus. I dont want to elaborate the obvious, but I would also suggest that the Indians already cover the whole country as hunters. They never invade their neighbors' grounds. All that would have to be done would be to appoint really competent white men to organize them and supply the initiative and vision required. Interesting- Defiance Machine The Defiance Machine Works, Defiance, Ohio, manufacture a number of excellent wood-working machines and one of the most in- teresting and useful of these is their Xo. 1 Patent Automatic Hub I timing Machine, an illustration of which is published herewith. The company claim that this is the largest and most powerful machine of its class, designed especially for making carriage and wagon hubs of different sizes and shapes up to 18 in. diameter 18 in. long at the largest, and having a capacity for finishing 600 heavy hardwood hubs in ten hours, or roughing out 2,500 blocks. The machine receives the block in its rough state, performs the roughing, turning, cupping, finishing the ends, cutting beads and shoulders for bands, making hubs any size or shape complete at one operation, and the company state that the work is more uni- form and perfect, and is performed at an immense saving as com- pared with hand turning. The frame is composed of iron, a massive casting in one piece Of neat design and of sufficient weight to stand fi
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