[BULLETIN 155.] [FEBRUARY, 1907. 



Ontario Department of Agriculture. 



ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



FARM FORESTRY. 



By E. J. Zavitz, B.A., M.S.F., Lecturer in Farm Forestry. 



INTRODUCTION. 



This bulletin has been prepared to assist the farmer and small land- 

 owner of the Province of Ontario to give more rational treatment to the 

 wooded and waste portions of his land. 



No space is devoted to arguments showing- why the woodlot should 

 be cared for nor why waste lands should be planted. It is assumed that 

 the reader is beyond that stage and desires to make improvements if it 

 can be done practically. 



Through such mediums as the agricultural press, the Farmers' 

 Institutes, and Experimental Union, much has been done to advance the 

 cause of farm forestry. Many prominent men in agriculture have seen 

 the need of conserving a portion of our woodlands and re-planting the 

 non-agricultural soil, which should never have been denuded. 



Owing to the peculiar nature of a forest crop, in that it takes so 

 long from the planting to the harvest, the individual is very liable to 

 shirk his responsibility. It has been found in the older countries of 

 Europe that Forestry must have the aid and supervision cf the State if 

 anything like a rational policy is to exist. It is fitting that the farmer 

 should receive all possible assistance in improving conditions which will 

 in many cases benefit posterity more than the present generation. 



An endeavor has been made to make this publication practical for 

 the firmer, and as far as possible technical language has been avoided. 

 Various things have been suggested which might not be practical for 

 the large landowner. However, the farmer is especially fitted to carry 

 out work as outlined in these pages, as he has a knowledge of plant life 

 in relation to the soil ; he has the equipment for such work and he can 

 personally superintend and give it future inspection. 



