Private Initiative in Replanting. 



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the Dominion Railway Commission so 

 good that they had adopted them for 

 railways with provincial charters. As 

 Mr. Hall was the provincial officer to 

 carry out these regulations, and as he 

 was officially co-operating with Mr. 

 Leavitt, this linked up the whole work 

 so that all agencies for forest protec- 

 tion were working in harmony. Mr. 

 Hibbard also pointed to large areas 

 in Quebec which should be reforested. 

 ^Ir. Piche brought his congratu- 



lations to those engaged in the work 

 of protection which was the comple- 

 ment of his own work of utilization 

 and reforestation. 



It was generally admitted by the 

 speakers and by those attending the 

 gathering that the pioneer work of 

 this the first forest protective associa- 

 tion in Canada had been so successful 

 and had resulted in such economy of 

 effort and money that it would soon 

 be widely copied throughout Canada. 



Private Initiative in Replanting. 



What the Pejepscot Paper Company is doing. 



In reply to an enquiry from the Secretary 

 of the Canadian Forestry Association Mr. 

 Charles P. Cowles, manager of the Depart- 

 ment of WooiUands of the Pejepscot Paper 

 Co., writes in regard to the planting opera- 

 tions of that company in Canada. The com- 

 pany has established a small nursery for 

 reforestation purposes at Salmon Eiver, New 

 Brunswick, and a similar one at Cookshire, 

 Quebec. These nurseries were established 

 two years ago and contain seed beds, with 

 plants one year old and two years old this 

 spring. It is the intention to make per- 



manent plantations With some of the two 

 year old seedlings as an experiment this 

 spring, but generally it is expected that the 

 I)lau of allowing these seedlings to remain 

 two years in nursery rows before planting 

 put will be followed. While the company's 

 plans are not matured it is generally under- 

 stood that it is the intention to raise a 

 moderate amount of. seedlings each year 

 for reforesting vacant and cutover lands on 

 the company's holdings. The pictures here- 

 with show the seed beds in the nursery at 

 Cookshire, Quebec. 



Nurseries of the Pejepscot Company at Cookshire, Quebec. 



