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notches on one side at intervals of five inches, 

 are used. A seedling is placed in each notch 

 with the roots projecting over the edge of the 

 board. A second board is then clamped on 

 snugly and a boy, or a girl, conveys them to 

 the trenches where the earth is pressed firmly 

 against the roots, the clamps removed and the 

 process repeated. The portable cabins are 

 necessary to protect the tender seedlings from 

 too much sun drying. No seedlings are re- 

 moved from the nursery for final planting until 

 they are at least three years old. 



Planting Stock Available. 



Already this nursery contains 3,500,000 seed- 

 lings and transplants, chiefly Norway spruce, 

 white pine, jack pine and Scotch pine and 

 balsam fir, with a few other species intended 

 mainly for ornamental purposes. About fifteen 

 acres are being added to the nursery this year 

 and in 1921 it is expected that the company will 

 be able to obtain from it two million transplants 

 and from then on to plant out each year at 

 /east that number; nearly twice as many trees 

 as are removed to feed the pulp mills at Grand 

 'Mere. It is not unlikely that other companies 

 will co-operate with the Laurentide Company 

 in this work, so that in a few years the Proulx 

 nursery will play an even more important part 

 in reforestation in Quebec. 



Such a policy is a complete reversal of the 

 old plan of making galley-slaves of posterity. 

 Men now living can hardly hope to harvest the 

 trees that they plant. The whole embodies a 

 principle that merits adoption by everyone who 

 is developing our natural resources, for such 

 resources are not only ours, but they are the pro- 

 perty of the future as well. When that is rea- 

 lized, posterity will have greater reason for 

 pride in and gratitude toward its forebears and, 

 if necessary, will pay some of their little bills 

 with better grace and fewer grimaces. 



PULPWOOD AREAS DISCOVERED BY 

 AIRPLANE 



A recent despatch from Curling, Newfound- 

 land, states that cruising in airplanes ove- Lab- 

 rador disclosed great timber lands, from which 

 millions of cords of pulp wood could be cut and 

 rolled to streams for direct shipment. This in- 

 formation was given out by members of a 

 Boston expedition which spent a month in Lab- 

 rador and which landed at Curling from the 

 steamer Granville on the return journey. The 



head of the expedition was Captain Daniel 

 Owen, R.A.F. 



The expedition, which included in its equip- 

 ment three airplanes, and comprises a person- 

 nel of twenty persons, among them five aviators, 

 operated seventy miles north of Battle Harbor. 

 Two million acres of timber land was explored 

 by air and by the ordinary methods of timber 

 cruising. Picture staken from the air were said 

 to show dense growths of pulp material in such 

 manner that the most available places could 

 be located readily. This use of the airplane 

 was looked upon as opening a new field for 

 commercial aviation. The planes cruised in- 

 land for more than 100 miles, flying at heights 

 of 2,000 to 9,000 feet. 



ROADSIDE TREES 

 Some Aspects of the Subject 



Their advantages — - 



As memorials to our soldiers and sailors. 



As making our highways and byways beauti- 

 ful. 



As furnishing shade and preventing dust. 



As improving certain kinds of roads. 



As preventing growth of roadside weeds. 



As producing food for man, beast, and bird. 

 HoTv to secure them — 



Reserving and protecting trees both young 

 and old already growing. 



Planting young trees. 

 Where to secure them — 



From the fields or woods. 



From reliable nurseries. 

 Desirable and undesirable l(inds — 



Desirable: Long-lived, beautiful trees ,such 

 as oaks, elms, ashes and hard maples. 



Undesirable: Short-lived, quick-growing 

 trees, such as cottonwoods or soft maples. 



The newspapers of the United States con- 

 sume 2,000,000 tons of newsprint every year, 

 of which Canada supplies, approximately, one- 

 fourth. 



The total annual output of the Canadian 

 pulp and paper industry exceeds in value 

 $85,000,000. It gives employment to 25,000 

 individuals. Its annual payroll exceeds $15,- 

 000,000. It has sent more than 3,000 men to 

 the war. 



