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four years, and I know. I kept old Jack John- 

 son for two years and a half, but I got rid of 

 him. I wouldn't keep a wild goose or a gan- 

 der around the premises after he had lost his 

 sweetheart; they just keep on honking in that 

 sad way. But the poorst-principled piece of 

 live flesh in feathers is th drake; he is nothing 

 but a Brisrham Young, that's all. Puts me in 

 mind of the mother who has to be father and 

 mother both, like some poor washwoman who 

 goes out and does $5 worth of work and will- 

 ingly accepts 50 cents for it; then takes it 

 home to feed her family, while the lazy, good- 

 for-nothing husband is putting in his time in 

 the far end of nowhere, swapping garbage 

 stories and passing remarks about the clean 

 people that pass the d'rty wmdow. That is 

 the principle of the drake. 



NOVA SCOTIA'S GAIN. 



MONEY FROM STUMPS. 



The Washington Legislature is being asked, 

 through the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, 

 to establish a by-product plant, to be used for 

 the extraction of turpentine, resin, etc., from 

 the stumps, fallen timber and such stuff lying 

 throughout the state. It is expected that the 

 lumbermen of Idaho will also endeavor to have 

 such a plan adopted by their State Legislature. 



That the business welfare of Nova Scotia 

 calls for the appointment of a Provincial For- 

 ester, IS a truth that has had many exponents. 

 Mr. D. Macgillivray, President of the Halifax 

 Board of Trade, said recently in his annual 

 address: 



"In the transition from war conditions to those 

 of peace. Nova Scotia will have less to recon- 

 struct, or even to readjust, than probably any 

 other portion of Canada. This strong economic 

 position will justify progressive policy on the 

 part of both Government and municipalities. 

 There is a point where caution and economy may 

 become reactionary. The Government should 

 match its progressive policy in agriculture by at 

 once appointing a first class forester to make 

 the most of our timber resources." 



The tallest trees of the United States are 

 the California redwoods or the Douglas fir. Both 

 claim the distinction of being the tallest, and 

 it is an even match between them. A maximum 

 of about 350 feet is the greatest, though a little 

 more than that has been claimed. There is no 

 question that in trunk diameter the redwood, 

 that species known as sequoia, is the champion. 



Table of Contents, March, 1919 



Page. 



Jack Miner and His Wild Fowl 99 



Civic Plan for Street Trees 106 



Facts on White Pine Menace 108 



"Trees ". Poem 109 



Photographing Forests from the Air 1 10 



Canada Lags in Aerial Patrols 1 13 



The Making of a Spruce Tree 1 14 



Lumbermen and the Tree Supply. By W. Gerard Power 1 15 



Wasting Prairie Province Forests 117 



Does the West Need Forests? 118 



An Eternal Source of Wealth." By Sir Hamar Greenwood 121 



Victoria Launches Into State Forestry. By H. R. MacMillan 124 



Probable Cost of Aeroplane Patrol 126 



Guarding 21 Million Acres by Co-operation. By Arthur H. Graham 130 



