. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CJLUJLIDJL LUMBERMAN ways. The necessity of disposing of all the fallen timber of every sort as a safeguard against fire and as a prevention of waste, necessitated an extension of their plant beyond a mere saw mill, and brought about the extensive charcoal, chemical, brick, cement, and other industries located at Deseronto. The fact that this company is still operating in limits that have been worked for many years is not the result of chance. They have been
. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CJLUJLIDJL LUMBERMAN ways. The necessity of disposing of all the fallen timber of every sort as a safeguard against fire and as a prevention of waste, necessitated an extension of their plant beyond a mere saw mill, and brought about the extensive charcoal, chemical, brick, cement, and other industries located at Deseronto. The fact that this company is still operating in limits that have been worked for many years is not the result of chance. They have been saved because precautions were taken to protect them. The question of disposing of the waste after logging is a very serious one. We cannot dis- pose of it here as is done in Germany, where even the little twigs are used for firewood. It is extremely dangerous if left in the woods, yet the expense of taking it out renders that plan impossible. The plan followed by one or two Michigan lumbermen, of burning the tops and branches as they lie on the ground early in the sPrm£T> has been pronounced impracticable by many of our principal lumbermen, yet this plan has been in successful opera- tion in the county of Hast- ings for some time. Mr. James Scantlin, chief fire ranger in Rathbun's Hast- ings limits, in reporting to the Department of Crown Lands on the season's work, writes : " I have made it a prac- tice tor the past five years to burn all the tops and rubbish of our previous winter's cut as early in the spring as it is dry enough to burn, and watch it so that it does not burn into the green woods. In this way we have had no heavy fires in the summer. Another advantage I find is that the young pines, both white and red, come right up and grow well, but I find where the heavy summer fire goes it burns too deep into the soil and seems to burn all the seed of the pine, so that other kinds of timber grow up, poplar and birch taking the lead and out- growing all the other
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