Caniidtan /^/.»',»»/»v CotwenUcn. 



tree diseases, insect attaclc, wouU 

 preservation and tcstint;. niunicii>al 

 forests and other topics. 



In the absence of Mr. A. C. Fluni> 

 erfelt, of Vancouver, B.C., who was 

 detained by a unowslide in the 

 mountains, Mr. A. S. Ooodeve, M. 

 P. for Rossland (a follow-rneinbcr 

 of the B. C. Royal Commission on 

 Timber and Forestry) gave a short 

 paper on the forests and other nat- 

 ural resources of the province and 

 outlined necessary steps to be taken 

 for the protection and preservation 

 of the provincial timberlands. 



The paper of Mr. J. B. Whitman 

 (Provincial Forest Raneer for Nova 

 Scotia) was taken as read. It treat- 

 ed of the protection of the forests 

 from fire under the subdivisions of 

 (1) preventing fires. (2) extinguish- 

 ing them, (3) investigating the 

 causes, and (4) punishing the guilty 

 p»M*^ons. 



Thursday Evening. 



Thursday evening's session open- 

 ed at eight o'clock. In the absence 

 of the president, Mr. G. Y. Chown, 

 vice-president, occupied the chair. 



The first paper of the evening 

 was given by Dr. C. C. Jones. Chan- 

 cellor of the University of New 

 Brunswick, on 'Forestry Education.' 

 He urged making forestry education 

 more intensive rather than more ex- 

 tensive, developing present schemes 

 rather than creating new ones. For- 

 estry literature should be distribut- 

 ed among farmers and the owners 

 of small woodlots and the subject of 

 forestry should be introduced- into 

 the public schools and taught 

 through the medium of an element- 

 ary text-book of forestry. 



y[v. Avila Bedard. of the School 

 of Forestry of Laval University. 

 read an aceount of 'The Progress of 

 Forestry Kducation in the Province 

 of Quebee.' The s<«hool at Quebec. 

 Mr. Bedard elaimed. was the first 

 one planned in Canada, though the 

 Univ.M'sity of Toronto had been the 

 first to carry out the plan of a for- 

 estrv school. Mr. Bedard outlined 



the plan of instnietiuu in the Laval 

 school and gave intereNting particu* 

 lars of its present Ktatus. The gov> 

 emmeut of the province was assist* 

 iDg the school in every possible 

 way. Large lamber companies wer« 

 also engaging forestry e: jierts to 

 manage their timberlands. 



The chief feature of the 'vmin^'H 

 programme was the address by Dr. 

 C. Gordon Hewitt. Domin »n Rnto* 

 mologist, on 'Insect Enemies of the 

 Forest.' Dr. Hewitt devoted by far 

 the greater portion of his time to 

 the spruce bud worm and the larch 

 sawHy, insects which have done and 

 are doing so much to devastate Can* 

 ada's forests. He outlined the life* 

 history of each of the insects, and 

 referred at length to the outbreak 

 of the larch sawfly in England and 

 the work done in developing de- 

 structive parasites to keep it in 

 check. Similar work now in pro* 

 gress with reference to the spruce 

 budworm was also described. The 

 leeture was very well illustrated by 

 stereopticon views. 



Friday Morning. 



At Friday morning's session the 

 first pajH'r was read by Mr. E. J. 

 Zavitz. Forester to the Ontario De- 

 partment of Agriculture, his subject 

 being 'Waste Land Planting.' He 

 referred particularly to the work 

 being done in Norfolk county. On- 

 tario, still largely in the experimen- 

 tal stage. From the nursery here 

 forest planting material is for^vard- 

 ed. free of charge, to planters 

 throughout the province. Mr. Zavitz 

 contrastiMi ^puth western Ontario, 

 with nine per cept. of its area in 

 forest, with Prussia, where the for- 

 ests cover *t\Yenty-five per cent, of 

 the total area. 



Mr. Arthur Amos then read a 

 paper dealing, with the water-powers 

 of Quebee province. He gave some 

 very surprising figures in regard to 

 these. One river alone, the Manieou* 

 agan. had a million available horse- 

 power. He also referred at length 

 to the work of building dams at the 



