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Canadian forestry journal 



Vol. IX. 



Ottawa, Canada, October, 1913. 



CANADIAN FORESTRY JOURNAL, 



Published monthly by the 



Canadian Forkstry Associatio\, 



Canadian Building, 



Ottawa, Canada. 



Devoted to the cause of forest conservation. 



Subscription $1 per year. 



Advertising Rates on Application. 



CONTENTS: Page. 



Editorial 145 



An Adequate Plan: Dr. Fernow 147 



Quebec Provincial Nurseries 149 



Forest School Notes 150 



Norfolk County Replanting 151 



Protection Along Railways 153 



Dominion Forest Branch Notes 154 



Forest Products Laboratory 154 



British Columbia Work 155 



Reserve Regulations Revised 157 



U. S. National Conservation Congress . . . . 157 



With the Forest Engineers 158 



Quebec Forest Service 159 



CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



Patron, H. R. H. the Governor General, 



Honorary Pres., Rt. Hon. R. L. Borden. 



Honoraiy Past Pres., Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laubieb. 



President, Hon. W. A. Charlton. 



Vice-President, Wm. Power, M. P. 



Secretary, Jab. Lawler, Canadian Building, 



Slater St., Ottawa. 



Treasurer, Miss M. Robinson. 



Directors : William Little, Hiram RobinsoDi 



Aubrey White, E. Stewart W. B. Snowball. 



Thomas Southworth. Hon. W. C. Edwards, Geo. Y- 



Chown, John Hendry, Hon. Sydney Fisher, R. H. 



Campbell, J. B. Miller. Gordon C. Edwards, Dr. B. E. 



Femow, Ellwood Wilson. Senator Bostock, F. C 



Whitman. G. C. Pich6, Alex. MacLaurin: Mgr. O. E. 



Matb!eu, Bishop of Regina; A. P. Stevenson, Wm. 



Pearce, C. E. E. Ussher, Denis Murphy, C. Jackson 



Booth, Wm, Price, J. W, Harkom. A. S. Goodeve, 



W, C. J. Hall, J. 8. Dennis, J. B. White, E. J. 



Zavitx. Geo. Chahoon Jr., R. D. Prettie, 



TefTlt>rtal Vice-Presidents: 



Ontario:— Hon. W. H. Hearst. 

 Quebec: — Hon. Jules Allard. 

 New Brunswick: — Hon. J. H. FlemmiDg. 

 Nova Scotia:— Hon. O. T. Daniels. 

 Manitoba:— Hod. R. P. Roblin, 

 Prince Edward Island: — Hon. J. A. Matheson 

 Saskatchewan — Hb Honor G. W. Brown. 

 Alljeru:- Hon. A. L. Sifton. 

 British Columbia: — Hon. W. R. Ross. 

 Yukon: — Geo. Black, Commissioner. 

 Maekenris:— F. D. Wilson. 

 Keewatin: — His Honor D. C. Cameron. 

 Ungava: — His Grace Mgr. Brucbesi, Archbishop of 

 Montr eft]. 



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WINNIPEG MEET 



The report of the 

 vention has now been 

 our members. While 

 some previous reports it is oi 

 most important issued 

 years, and all our members 

 read it carefully. It should be in the 

 hands of every member before this 

 and any who have not received it, or 

 who would like an extra copy to 

 send to some one who might be in- 

 terested in forestry should notify the 

 Secretary. Address The Secretary 

 Canadian Forestry Association, Can- 

 adian Building, Ottawa. 



FOUNDATION WORK. 



In taking stock of the forestry 

 l)Osition it is seen that there has been 

 a good deal of activity along certain 

 lines with delay and hesitation along 

 others. There is more machinery 

 than ever before, more money being 

 sf)ent. The effort must now be to so 

 balance the effort as to keep the cart 

 behind the liorse. What is needed is 

 organization, co-ordination and the 

 doing of first things first. 



The statement was made at a recent 

 meeting that there were thirty-six 

 forestry schools in the United States, 

 juid that now nearly every state had 

 its state forester. In some respects, 

 tlierefore, forestry is coming on with 

 a rush, so that there is need of direct- 

 ing this force into right channels. 

 This large body of men talking about 

 and working in forestry will awaken 

 interest. The state foresters in their 

 efforts to 'make good' will develop 

 many projects that should have been 



