. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 1204 Canadian Forestry Journal, July, 1917. Courtesy, Grand Trunk Railway System. In the Kawartha Lakes Region of Ontario Cutting Down Waste in Wood Mills As a result of suggestions made by a number of Coast and Mountain lumbermen. Hon. T. D. PattuUo, Minister of Lands in British Colum- bia, has taken steps to ascertain if something worth while cannot be accomplished 'n the way of utilizing more of the waste products of our sawmills and box-making plants. To this end Mr. L. B. Beale, B. C. Lum- ber Commissioner at Toronto
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 1204 Canadian Forestry Journal, July, 1917. Courtesy, Grand Trunk Railway System. In the Kawartha Lakes Region of Ontario Cutting Down Waste in Wood Mills As a result of suggestions made by a number of Coast and Mountain lumbermen. Hon. T. D. PattuUo, Minister of Lands in British Colum- bia, has taken steps to ascertain if something worth while cannot be accomplished 'n the way of utilizing more of the waste products of our sawmills and box-making plants. To this end Mr. L. B. Beale, B. C. Lum- ber Commissioner at Toronto, has been summoned to the Coast for a couple of months in order to conduct the preliminary investigations. Mr. Beale has a thoroughly practical mind, and being so eciuipped it may be taken for granted that if he makes a recommendation in favor of the utilization of any particular class of waste materials common to sawmills and box plants—and perhaps our woodworking factories also—the la- boratory chemist or other highly trained expert may be called in with reasonable certainty that the pro- position will be pronounced a feasible one. The feeling is general in the lumber industry that too much of the log is wasted in the manufacture of lumber according to present methods, but solace appears to be found in the trite phrase, "Everyone is doing ; The millman who refuses to bestow some thought upon this question of utilization of timber waste is un- doubtedly making a mistake—the matter is already engaging the serious attention of prominent lumbermen on both sides of the line, who realize the seriousness of the tremendous economic waste involved in leaving 25 per cent, of the original tree in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Canadian Forestry Association. [Ottawa] : Canadia
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