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that the annual consumption far exceeds the annual growth and 

 that the virgin supply is being rapidly reduced. To stimulate at- 

 tention to the growing of hardwoods, the Forestry Branch of the 

 Dominion is taking a practical interest in the farmer's woodlots 

 of Ontario, in an effort to make otherwise useless land supply 

 hardwood lumber to an eager market, with profitable returns to 

 the woodlot owner. Foresters will be supplied by the Depart- 

 ment to look over tracts of timbered land, estimate the quantity of 

 timber, advise as to what species to encourage or plant according 

 to the locality and general conditions, and suggests a general 

 working plan. 



The exportation of pulpwood in a raw form from Canada into 

 the United States is increasing yearly, and by just so much as this 

 is so does Canada lose the benefits to be derived from manufacture 

 and the increased value of raw products. Over a million and a 

 half cords of pulpwood were cut in Canada during 1910, worth 

 nearly nine million, eight hundred thousand dollars. Over sixty 

 per cent of this amount was sent out of Canada without further 

 labor being expended on it. The value of this pulp, derived from 

 this wood, for which Canada received six million, two hundred 

 and ten thousand dollars as pulpwood, is figured by the Forestry 

 Branch at over thirteen and a half million dollars at the average 

 prices paid in 1910 by United States importers of pulpwood. 

 Thus Canada did not get one-half the amount she would have 

 received if all pulpwood were converted into pulp on Canadian 

 soil. 



Within two years, the number of the kinds of wood used for 

 laths in Canada has been doubled, statistics collected by the 

 Dominion Forestry Branch for 1910 showing that twelve species 

 of wood were used in the production of the 852,000,000 pieces of 

 lath produced worth $1,943,000. The first six species in import- 

 ance were spruce, white pine, cedar, Douglas Fir, hemlock and 

 balsam which also are the woods used for some time in the manu- 

 facture of laths. The remaining six; jack-pine, red pine, yellow 

 pine, poplar, basswood and larch are the new species increasing in 

 importance. Spruce and white pine laths, the two most impor- 

 tant species, show a decrease in 1910 from the year previous, but 

 together form nearly seventy per cent, of the annual output. 



