The Convention in Winnipeg 



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THE CONVENTION IN WINNI- 

 PEG. 



(Continued from page 116.) 



Bureau for Civic Luncheon at Assiui- 



boine Park, returning to Union Depot 



at 2 o'clock. 

 2.00 — Special C.N.R. Train leaves Union 



Depot for New Agricultural College, 



returning will arrive at Union Depot 



at 5.15 p.m. 



Wednesday morning's proceedings 

 went briskly forward until eleven 

 o'clock, when they were pleasantly in- 

 terrupted by the arrival of special cars 

 chartered by the city which conveyed 

 all the delegates to Assiniboine Park 

 where a magnificent luncheon was 

 served. In the unavoidable absence of 

 the Mayor the chair was occupied by 

 Alderman Wallace, chairman of the Re- 

 ception Committee. Short addresses were 

 given by civic officials and replied to by 

 representatives of the Association. 



Immediately after luncheon the party 

 betook themselves to the cars again and 

 were conveyed to the Union Station. As 

 guests of the Government of Manitoba 

 they were then taken by special train to 

 view the new Agriculture College now 

 being constructed at St. Vital, one of the 

 suburbs of Winnipeg. Manitoba's first 

 Agricultural College, planned on what 

 was thought to be a generous scale was 

 opened seven years ago. It has been 

 completely outgrown and as a result the 

 Government is erecting this new insti- 

 tution which will cost when complete $3,- 

 000,000. It will be opened in September. 

 The visitors, who were personally shown 

 over the buildings by Hon, George Law- 

 rence, Principal W. J. Black and Mr. F. 

 W. Brodrick, Professor of Forestry, 

 were astonished and delighted with the 

 provision that has been made for agri- 

 cultural education in Manitoba. It had 

 been expected that the program would be 

 completed at the Wednesday morning 

 session, but the desire to discuss different 

 features was so strong that the conclud- 

 ing session had to be postponed to Wed- 

 nesday evening. The Resolutions Com- 

 mittee was appointed at the first session 

 as follows: Messrs. R. H. Campbell, 

 (convener,) Archibald Mitchell, W. P. 

 Dutton, H. R. MacMillan, A. P. Steven- 

 son, F. W. Brodrick and A. L. Mattes. 

 This committee reported on Wednesday 

 and after considerable discussion the fol- 

 lowing resolutions were passed: — 



Besolutions. 



(1) Resolved, that the Executive Com- 

 mittee take into their consideration the 

 a^lvisability of appointing: (a) A central 

 committee at Ottawa and sub-committees 

 at important points in different sections 



of Canada to formulate a national for- 

 estry policy; and (b) Advisory boards at 

 each centre where a sub-committee is 

 formed. 



(2) Resolved, that this Convention ap- 

 proves the action of the Dominion Gov- 

 ernment in extending the areas included 

 in Forest Reserves on watersheds and 

 non-agricultural lands, and would urge 

 on the Governments of the Dominion and 

 the provinces the necessity for continu- 

 ing the extension of such reservation un- 

 til all lands of that character are includ- 

 ed. 



(3) Resolved, that before any lands 

 bearing timber or lands contiguous to 

 timbered areas are opened for settlement 

 an examination of such lands should be 

 made to determine whether they are best 

 suited to the growth of timber or whether 

 their opening would endanger the timber. 



(4) Resolved, that this Convention 

 would urge upon the Dominion Govern- 

 ment the necessity for the afforestation 

 of the sand lands throughout the prairies 

 and the setting apart of such lands for 

 this purpose. 



(5) Resolved, that the Fire Ranging Ser- 

 vice should be extended and made more 

 efficient and that the rangers should be 

 selected on the basis of their special 

 <|ualifications for the work and should 

 hold office so long as they render effi- 

 cient service. 



(6) Resolved, that the Canadian Fores- 

 try Association express its approval of 

 the energetic policy which is being fol- 

 lowed by the Dominion Commission of 

 ('onservation in investigating the import- 

 ant forest problems of Canada. 



(7) Resolved, that the Canadian Fores- 

 try Association express its appreciation 

 of the effective manner in which the Do- 

 minion Board of Railway Commissioners 

 and the officers of the leading Canadian 

 railway companies have worked together 

 for the prevention and control of forest 

 fires arising from operating railroad 

 lines. 



(8) Resolved, that this Convention 

 again records its approval of the work of 

 the Tree Planting Division of the Do- 

 minion Forestry Branch, not only in the 

 i'rv.e distribution of trees to settlers and 

 the supervision of their growth, but also 

 in thereby providing practical demon- 

 strations to settlers in all parts of the 

 country of the possibility of forest 

 growth on the prairies. 



(S)) Resolved, that this Convention re- 

 <()tnmend that experiments be carried out 

 by the Dominion and provincial govern- 

 ments affected to obtain data regarding 

 the best disposal of debris resulting from 

 lnnd)ering operations. 



(10) Resolved, that in view of the 

 great importance to Western Canada of 

 the wise administration and use of the 



