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The Laurentian region considered in this report is like that 

 of other regions of the same kind in Canada, being characterized 

 by low ridges of uniform sky line, an abundance of lakes and a 

 scarcity of soil. The author estimates that over 90 per cent, of 

 the area has been burned. The greater part of the forest cover 

 is not over twenty years old. It is divided into the Jack Pine 

 type. Poplar- Spruce type and the Muskeg, the first two occupying 

 50 and 30 per cent., respectively, of the area. 



The area occupied by Jack pine in the transition area and all 

 of the Laurentian region examined are recommended to be 

 placed under forest reserve, for none of the soil is agricultural 

 and the young forest growth has future value if protected from 

 fire. 



The author gives considerable attention to the possibility of 

 draining the muskegs for agricultural purposes and refers to 

 successful work of this kind in the adjoining State of Minnesota. 

 There is little doubt that many of the muskegs could be trans- 

 formed into profitable truck gardens. This is a subject worthy of 

 much more attention than it is receiving in Canada. 



C. D. H. 



Forest Products of Canada, ipij: Pulpzvood. By R. G. Lewis 

 and W. G. H. Boyce. Bull. 46, Forestry Branch. Ottawa, Canada. 

 1914. Pp. 17. 



The production of pulpwood in Canada during 1913 totaled 

 2,144,064 cords, worth over 14 million dollars. Of this amount, 

 52 per cent, was manufactured into pulp at home, the remainder 

 being shipped in the raw state to the United States. British 

 Columbia pulpwood is practically all manufactured into pulp 

 within the province; in Ontario and Nova Scotia less than one- 

 fourth of the cut is exported unmanufactured ; but in Quebec and 

 New Brunswick much more is exported raw than is manufactured 

 into pulp. 



Forty-eight firms operating sixty-four mills in Canada used 

 1,109,034 cords of pulpwood, an increase of 28 per cent, over 

 1912. Quebec mills manufactured 57 per cent, of this, and 

 Ontario mills 29 per cent. The average price paid for the raw 

 material was $6.53 per cord, an increase of 51 cents over 1912. 



