AFFORESTING AND THE UNEMPLOYED 



pre-war amounts can be sent to this country; 

 while French forests have been severely de- 

 pleted for war purposes, as also whole forests 

 rendered useless by shell fire. 



Under the circumstance and confronted as 

 we must shortly be with the serious question of 

 unemployment, a practical solution of the 

 labour problem in part, at least will be 

 found in the planting up of some of the vast 

 tracts of waste lands that are to be found in 

 many districts of the country. The question 

 of utilising unemployed labour in the planting 

 up of some of the waste lands of our country 

 is not one of recent birth, as may be seen from 

 early editions of my " Forester's Diary " and 

 " Practical Forestry," and from special articles 

 which have appeared in the Timber Trades 

 Journal and other papers. 



In order to carry out my proposed scheme 

 of planting a million acres during the next 

 twenty-five years, or at the rate of 40,000 acres 

 annually, profitable and healthy employment 

 would at once be found for several thousand 

 workmen. The question of transporting, 

 housing, and otherwise dealing with these 



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