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Canadian Forestry Journal, September, 1913 



QUEBEC FORESTRY NOTES. 



There are now fifteen township forest re- 

 serves in the Province of Quebec. These 

 are chiefly scattered over the Lake St. 

 John district and on the south shore of 

 the St. Lawrence. Altogether there are 

 now 220,000 acres in these reserves and 

 the work has been so successful that there 

 is a steady demand for the setting apart 

 of more reserves. These reserves are in 

 ungranted and unlicensed lands and before 

 the formation of the reserve every man 

 took what suited him regardless of the 

 consequences. Now each reserve is, as 

 far as possible, divided into twenty parts, 

 one of which is to be cut over each year. 

 Each reserve is in charge of a resident 

 ranger who grants permits, directs the cut- 

 ting operations and sees that the rej.]:ula- 

 tions are obeyed. One of the most grati- 

 fying features of the establishment of the 

 reserves is the spirit of community owner- 

 ship which has been developed. Township 

 residents feel that the reserve is theirs 

 and assist the ranger in enforcing cutting 

 regulations and in preventing waste. 



The provincial forest nursery at Ber- 

 thiervilie continues to grow. This year 

 78,000 seedlings were supplied by this 

 nursery to provide for the planting of sand 

 lands in Lachute and elsewhere as de- 

 scribed in th* May issue of the Canadian 

 Forestry Journal. So far white pine and 

 spruce have been the chief species grown. 

 The department is studying Scotch pine 

 and European larch with a view to their 

 use if found suitable. Farmers are sup- 

 plied with seedlings for planting wood lots 

 at a nominal price and the demand for 

 these keeps pace with the growth of the 

 nursery. Much more interest is now taken 

 in replanting work than a few years ago. 

 Colleges, convents and institutions are fol- 

 lowing the work and adopting methods 

 found successful. The city of Three Eivers 

 was not greatly interested in trees when 

 the nursery at Berthieyville was estab- 

 lished; now the work there has shown what 

 can be done the citizens are working out 

 a comprehensive plan for the beautifying 

 of their streets. ^ 



Mr. G. C. Piche, Chief of the Quebec 

 Forest Service, has purchased 4,500 acres 

 of waste land near Shawinigan Falls. It 

 is a cut over and burned over tract, com- 

 ing up to hardwoods. Mr. Piche is going 

 to see what is the best method of handling 

 such a tract in this locality. It is likely 

 he will permit the use of it as an experi- 

 mental ground by the students of Laval 

 University Forest School. 



The railways are now co-operating with 

 the Forest Service of the Government of 

 Quebec in regard to the use of permits to 

 ship wood on railways. In rural Quebec 

 lands are either patented to farmers, 

 licensed to lumbermen, or unpatented; that 



is to say, still in the hands of the Crown. 

 Holders of patented and licensed lands, of 

 course, have the right to ship timber and 

 wood, but in the past there has been a 

 great deal of trespassing upon Crown lands 

 by men of no substance. Consequently 

 when wood stolen from Crown lands was 

 shipped out there was no way of recover- 

 ing dues or fines. Now every one must 

 have a permit to cut wood on Crown lands 

 and if this permit is not produced the rail- 

 way agent will refuse to receive wood for 

 shipment. Thus the professional trespasser 

 is being checked and the Provincial trea- 

 sury enriched. 



PUT OUT YOUR FIRE! 



When you are camping, put out your 

 fire! Near Peterboro, in the region of 

 the Pigeon and Bald lakes, a disastrous 

 fire was started last week by a party of 

 campers leaving behind them an unex- 

 tinguished fire. Their fun over, they left 

 the place apparently without thought of 

 the danger. The result was that a large 

 territory was burned over and much pro- 

 perty destroyed. Most forest iires orig- 

 inate in this way. Carelessness with camp 

 fires is a major cause. A very little pre- 

 caution would save a fortune in Canada. 

 It only takes a minute or so to drench 

 one's fire until only steam is visible and 

 all danger is passed. Nearly every camp 

 fire is close to the water, making the oper- 

 ation of little trouble or exertion. When 

 next you camp, and your fire has served 

 its purpose, put it out. — Ottawa Citizen. 



Douglas fir has an average of five years 

 life when untreated; treated, it lasts twelve 

 years. Hemlock, lasting as a natural wood 

 five years, doubles its term of life when 

 treated, as does tamarack. Spruce is one 

 of the species which when untreated decays 

 most quickly, lasting only three years. If 

 treated it will last twelve years, its life 

 being thus increased 300 per cent. To sum 

 up, wood preservation not only prolongs the 

 life of durable timbers, thus decreasing their 

 annual consumption, but also permits the 

 substitution of inferior species, who^e use 

 considerably reduces the drain upon the 

 more desirable kinds. 



WINNIPEG CONVENTION RE- 

 PORT. 



The report of the Winnipeg Con- 

 vention has been completed by the 

 printer and it is expected that with- 

 in a week or ten days after receiving 

 this copy of the Journal members of 

 the Canadian Forestry Association 

 will have the report in their hands. 



