Download or read book Canadian Forestry Journal, Vol. 13 written by Canadian Forestry Association and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Canadian Forestry Journal, Vol. 13: January, 1917 The writer endeavored in the J an uary, 1916, issue of this journal to give a description and explain the proposed manner of using a system of portable gasoline pumping units de signed by him and built for the Dom inion Parks Branch for service in the Dominion Parks of Canada to be employed in forest fire fighting. These fire fighting units are also used for the controlling of certain operations carried on in the forest in which fire is used such as slash burning and back firing. Earlier theories in con nection with the introduction of these units have now been put into prae tice and actual results have been obtained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.