Canadian Forestry Journal, September, 1919 



365 



Liuut.-Cul. W. N. Ponton, of Belleville, Ont.. 

 with his father, planted every elm tree seen in the 

 picture, and a long row of maples on the opposite 

 side of the road. The life time of one individual 

 has thus witnessed the development of a splendid 

 avenue of shade trees which are counted as a real 

 asset to the community. Photo takes on Bay 

 Shore, Trent road, just west of Belleville. 



tion of every green thing about the house nor is 

 it incompatible with the existence of an oasis 

 of comfort in the centre of broad clearings, 

 cleanly underbrushed and safely removed from 

 the fire threat of the surrounding forest. 



The Government has done and is doing much 

 for the comfort and prosperity of these home- 

 seekers, but it seems as if an educative com- 

 paign in the direction of making the new homes 

 homelike and attractive would go a long way 

 towards establishing a contented phychology 

 and contribute largely to the success of the 

 project. 



This suggestion does not mean that a large 

 grove should be left as a fire danger or that tall 

 unsafe isolated trunks be permitted to remain 

 where they can fall disastrously, nor does it 

 necessarily presuppose that more permanent or 

 ornamental foliage be not planted in the future. 

 Two or three medium-sized conifers with a few 



small birches or even poplars allowed to remain 

 properly trimmed and the ground beneath 

 cleared of brush and debris would constitute 

 no danger from either fire or wind fall, if the 

 site is properly chosen and conditions would 

 be obtained in the beginning that it will other- 

 wise take years to develop. It might take a 

 small amount of time to restrain the clearing 

 fires just when time is most valuable and work 

 is pressing, but I am certain the greater content- 

 ment and comfort that would ensue would be 

 of inestimable benefit and in many cases make 

 all the difference between ultimate success and 

 failure. Sincerely, 



P. A. TAVERNER. 



THE FORESTER'S BUSINESS. 



"The business of the forester is to manage the 

 forest," observes the Australian Forestry Jour- 

 nal. "A great deficiency in the past has arisen 

 from the fact that forest officers have seemed 

 to think their greatest responsibility was to ad- 

 minister an Act and Regulations. They have 

 lived in offices, stifled in an atmosphere of red- 

 tape, and losing sight of the big point at issue — 

 the satisfactory treatment of the trees in their 

 forests. Regulations are an aid to management, 

 but the administration of them will not make 

 trees grow nor produce good timber. 



"The foresters of Australia must go into their 

 forests and live among their trees, studying them, 

 and understanding them, and always remember- 

 ing that what they do to-day will bear fruit in 

 years to come. The forests are the property of 

 the people — not the people of to-day, but their 

 children and their children's children for all 

 time. With the political barriers removed there 

 will be no excuse if the heritage of future gen- 

 erations be squandered in a revelry of admin- 

 istration obscuring the sound investment of man- 

 agement." 



FIRES SWEEP HAY FIELD. 



Forest fires are continuing their ravages 

 throughout Algoma district and dense smoke 

 overhanging the river detained many vessels, 

 which were compelled to anchor at the Soo be- 

 fore being able to proceed up the lakes. 

 Just outside the Soo a big quantity of hay 

 along the line of the C.P.R. was caught in the 

 path of the fire and destroyed, and farmers 

 kept their horses and cattle tied to wagons in 

 readiness to escape with what they could take 

 with them in the event of the fire destroying 

 their homes. 



