Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for 1950 



No. 3 



DIVISION OF REFORESTATION 



Tree Distribution 



The distribution increased from a figure of 12,200,000 in the previous year, to 

 13,000,000 in the year under review. The increase was distributed to private land- 

 owners, giving them nearly 7,800,000, while municipal planting was reduced slightly 

 to 3,600,000. Slightly more than 1,000,000 trees were planted on provincial crown 

 lands, 160,000 on dominion crown lands, while the balance of nearly 500.000 were 

 used in semi-public and miscellaneous projects. 

 Nurseries 



Additional land was purchased for both St. Williams and Orono nurseries, in 

 order to prepare increased area for transplanting seedlings. Mechanization of nur- 

 series continued, with the purchase of more transplanting machines; the development 

 of a seeding machine at Port Arthur; and the construction of a new tree lifter at 

 Midhurst. Irrigation equipment is rapidly being modernized by the purchase of 

 portable aluminum pipes and sprayers. Six foresters are now employed as nursery 

 superintendents and assistant nursery superintendents. 

 Extension Forestry and Municipal Forest Management 



The number of foresters employed as zone foresters is now twelve, which, 

 although it is an increase of five from the previous year, means that extension forestry 

 is still spread very thinly across the southern part of the province. 



The area of municipal and authority forests under agreement increased by 

 about 9,000 acres, to reach a figure of 63,337 acres. This is an increase from approxi- 

 mately 35,000 acres in 1945. The greatest expansion took place in Bruce County, 

 where over 4,000 acres were purchased, and in the Ganaraska Forest which increased 

 by over 2,000 acres in the year under review. 



The zone foresters now give technical assistance to several counties operating 

 municipal forests which are not under agreement. 



The gathering of basic field data and their compilation for sustained yield 



Packing white spruce for shipment at the St. Williams Nursery. Millions of seedlings are distributed 

 each year from government nurseries. 



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