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 CoMMERciAiv Forest Plaxtixg 



Nowhere in Canada has such an excellent start been made toward 

 •commercial forest planting as in the Province of Quebec, and even here 

 the W'ork done constitutes only a small beginning in comparison with 

 the real needs of the situation. The lead in this direction has been 

 taken by the Laurentide Company, Limited, and the Riordan Pulp and 

 Paper Company, both of which concerns have for some time realized 

 the slow progress which nature unaided makes toward restoring the 

 stand of commercially valuable pulpwood species on our northern lands 

 after they have been heavily cut over. 



The Laurentide Company is the pioneer, having started planting op- 

 •erations in 1908. Up to the present, a total of 453 acres has been 

 planted up by this company, mostly with Norway spruce and white 

 spruce, with a smaller representation of white pine, Scotch pine, red 

 pine, poplar, and other minor species. About 1,500 trees are planted 

 to the acre, so that the total number planted to date aggregate some 

 '680,000. During 1919 the Forestry Division of the Laurentide Com- 

 pany expects to plant about 500,000 young trees, mostly Norway spruce 

 .and white spruce. The program for 1920 includes the planting of 

 700,000 trees and for 1921 one million trees, mostly wdiite spruce. The 

 Tate of planting is to be increased until it totals 2,000,000 trees per year. 



The Laurentide Company has in its forest nurseries near Grand 

 Mere, P. O.. nearly four million seedlings of different ages to be used 

 in planting operations between 1919 and 1921. This will be supple- 

 mented by purchases from other nurseries, until the capacitv of the 

 Grand Mere nurseries can be increased to cover the entire planting 

 program of the company. The company's forester. ]\Ir. Ell wood Wil- 

 son, reports that the cost of planting, usually with 3-vear-old seedlings, 

 is from $9 to $10 per acre. 



The Riordan Pulp and Paper Company began its reforestation work 

 in 1 91 6, its forest nursery at St. Jovite, P. O.. being established the fol- 

 lowing year by their forester, ]\Ir. A. C. A'olkmar. To date a total of 

 780 acres has been planted to Norway spruce, white pine, red pine, 

 white spruce, and Scotch pine. In the nursery at St. Jovi'te are 2,180,- 

 000 Norway spruce seedlings, 800,000 white spruce, and 200,000 white 



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