Canadian Forestry Journal, February, 1919 



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FOREST TELEPHONES 



Make the life of the forester better 

 worth living. They relieve him from 

 the apoalling loneliness. They help 



"p:t> him to keep in human voice touch with 



■ foresters miles away. 



In emergencies — fire — sickness — hunger 

 — the speed with which they can sum- 

 mon help is marvellous. 



Write for full particulars of how to 

 install the Northern Electric Forest 

 Telephone System. Address the Office 

 nearest you. 



Northern Electric Company 



LIMITED 



Montreal 



Halifax 



Ottawa 



Toronto 

 London 

 Winnipeg 



Reglna 



Calgary 



Vancouver 



-Northern Electric -Forest^TeUphones- 



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RESERVES FOR FUTURE POPULATION. 



Note how the chief nations of Europe have retained as timber reserves percentages of their 

 total area far in excess of any of the Prairie Provinces of Canada. 

 IN THE FOREST RESERVES OF 



WESTERN CANADA. Percentage of 



Percentage of Population per total area in 



total area. square mile permanent 



Alberta 16,711,776 acres 14.00 forest. 



Saskatchewan. 6,197,707 acres 3.97 Belgium 652. 18.3 



Manitoba 2,606,400 acres 1.75 France 189.5 18.7 



Germany 310.4 25.9 



Switzerland 234.8 22.7 



Sweden 32.4 47.8 



Russia in Europe 64.6 31.0 



The reader will keep in view that two-thirds of the whole area of Canada is totally unfit for 

 agriculture and that the percentage of non-agricultural land now in forest reserves in the prairie 

 provinces is a very small fraction of what is adapted by nature for timber growing purposes. 

 With exception of a few localities such as the Ontario Claybelt, the pioneer's prob- 

 lem of reclaiming land from the forest has become a new problem of reclaiming land for 

 the forest. 



There is much more land stripped of forest that should be reforested than there 

 is land under forest that should be cleared for agriculture. 



