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sel?cting the site three ponits were kept in 

 view, viz., suitability of soil and climate for 

 growing trees; facilities for shipping stock; and 

 the proximity of a temporary labour supply. 

 The Saskatoon nursery is so situated that stock 

 can be shipped by the Grand Trunk, Canadian 

 Northern and Canadian Pacific Railways and 

 serve all the country to the north of Saskatoon 

 and the main lines and branches running east 

 and west of Alberta and Manitoba, leaving the 

 southern half of the provinces to be served by 

 the Indian Head Nursery. Recipients of trees 

 in the northern portion of the provinces are thus 

 saved an appreciable amount for express 

 charges. 



The Saskatoon Nursery is operated on similar 

 lines to the one at Indian Head under the direc- 

 tion of Mr. Norman M. Ross, Chief of the Tree 

 Planting Division and the immediate supervision 

 of the Superintendent, Mr. James MacLean. 

 During the first four years of its existence no 

 material was produced for distribution. This 

 time was required to lay out the ground, erect 

 buildings, prepare the soil for seed beds and 

 establish the plantations necessary for the shelter 

 of the nursery plots. In 1916 the first shipments 

 were made to applicants and the number of trees 

 sent out each year from the new nursery have 

 been steadily increasing. In the spring of 1918 

 over one and one half million trees were dis- 

 tributed. The species included Manitoba maple, 

 ash, Russian poplar, willow and Caranaga. Ever- 

 greens are not grown on the Saskatoon Nursery 

 for distribution. At present all evergreen stock 

 is sent out from the Indian Head Nursery. Later, 

 when the newly established shelter belts on the 

 Saskatoon Nursery can provide the necessary 

 protection, the raising of these species may also 

 be undertaken on this nursery. 



As yet only a small part of this new nursery is 

 being utilized for the growing of stock. As the 

 demands increase the area will be enlarged. 

 Those portions not best suited for the raising of 

 young trees it is planned to utilize for permanent 

 demonstration and experimental plantations, in 

 the same manner as similar areas are being used 

 on the Nursery at Indian Hed. — B. R. Morton. 



A PINE-TREE AIN'T A MAPLE. 



Old Crazy Pete he says to me, 

 "A pine-tree ain't a maple tree, 



"A tamarack it ain't an oak." 



"Of course," says I, "Now what's the joke'/' 



"Just this: At times a wife or boss 

 (They're much alike it's boss an' boss) 



"Expect an oak to be a pine — 

 Or so, at least, have all of mine." 



"I guess that I don't follow you," 

 Says I, "or what you're leadin' to." 



"The oak is strong," he says. "It ain't 

 As soft as pine for takin' paint. 



"For hardness maple sure is good. 

 But it don't give like other wood." 



"Of course," says I, "they differ; each 

 Has its own value — even beech." 



"Just so. The man who's built to hft 

 Ain't like to have no other gift. 



"The man who's handy with his brain 

 Won't never bust no lawggin'-chain. 



"The good provider may not lead 

 In table manners takin' feed. 



"Whereas, upon the other hand, 

 The loafer's manners may be grand. 



"I guess we all are just like these — 

 Have certain virtues, men an' trees. 



"An' yet some women set an' bawl 

 Because their man ain't got 'em all. 



"I guess they ought to just be glad 

 We had the virtues that we had 



"An' not be sad because us folks 

 Ain't tamaracks as well as oaks." 



By Douglas Malloch. 



A special article written for the Forestry Journal by Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, of I 



Glasgow, noted champion of the forestry movement in the British Isles, appears in the I 



February issue of the Canadian Forestry Journal. { 



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