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Vol. IX. 



Ottawa, Canada, March 1913. 



No. 3 



CANADIAN FORESTRY JOURNAL, 



Published monthly by the 



Canadian Forkstey Association, 



Canadian Building, 



Ottawa, Canada. 



Devoted to the cause of forest conservation. 



Subscription $1 per year. 



Advertising Rates on Application. 



CONTENTS: Page. 



Winnipeg Convention 33 



Editorial Notes 33-34 



St. Maurice Forest Protective As- 

 sociation 35-37 



Pejepscot Company and Replanting 37 



Genesee Valley Forestry Association 38 



Sweet and Slow (poem) 38 



N. Y. State Forestrv Association . . 39 



Directors' Report /. 40-42 



Sawdust, Utilizing 43-45 



Pennsylvania Chestnut Blight .... 45 



With the Forest Engineers 46 



THE WINNIPEG CONVENTION. 



After consulting a strong local 

 committee on the subject and taking 

 into consideration all the factors in 

 the case it has been decided to hold 

 the Winnipeg Convention on July 7 

 to 9. 



Meetings will be held in the com- 

 modious hall of the Winnipeg Indus- 

 trial Bureau, which is the unique or- 

 ganization for taking charge of con- 

 ventions in the Prairie Capital. The 

 Government of Manitoba, the City of 

 Winnipeg and the Manitoba Horti- 

 cultural and Forestry Association 

 will participate in the Convention. 

 The arrangements for the program 

 are now going forward. 



This will be an ideal time to visit 

 Winnipeg as the meeting will take 

 place just before the beginning of 

 harvest and during the first two 

 days of the Winnipeg Exhibition, 

 when hotel accommodation will not 

 be so taken up as it will be in the fol- 

 lowing week. 



As there will be a number of dif- 

 ferent events immediately following 



this time in different parts of the 

 Prairie Provinces, it will be possible 

 for those desiring to see the prairies 

 at harvest time to make side trips be- 

 fore returning home. 



Railway arrangements have not 

 yet been concluded, but it is expect- 

 ed that they can be announced in the 

 next issue of the Journal. If those 

 who intend to be present would 

 notify the secretary it would greatly 

 facilitate the work of arranging for 

 the convention. 



Attention is directed to the article 

 in this issue dealing with the forma- 

 tion of the St. Maurice Valley Forest 

 Protective Association. This is con- 

 sidered by competent authorities to 

 ])e the most hopeful sign in Canadian 

 Forestry matters at the present time. 

 At the meeting the hope was express- 

 ed that the Province of Quebec would 

 soon be covered by similar organiza- 

 tions. In fact this is the view of all 

 who have upon them the responsibility 

 of caring for our forests, and there- 

 fore the hope is that like associations 

 may be formed in all parts of Canada 

 where there are forests. There is no 

 doubt that this movement was given 

 an impetus by the address of Mr. E. 

 T. Allen, Secretary of the Western 

 Forestry and Conservation Associa- 

 tion, (a similar organization) at the 

 V^ictoria Convention. We have re- 

 ceived the constitution and the annual 

 report of the St. Maurice Valley For- 

 est Protective Association and as soon 

 as possible will publish the substance 

 of these in the ('anadian Forestry 

 Journal. 



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A very significant fact is the for- 

 mation of new organizations to assist 

 in the work of forest protection. Two 

 of these are referred to in this issue. 



