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small investigation party during the coming 

 summer. After that it is planned to visit the 

 areas periodically for a number of years to 

 measure and record results. In this way only 

 can accurate and useable data be obtained from 

 the experimental cuttmgs. 



Negotiations are on the way between the 

 Fisheries Branch at Ottawa, the Provmcial For- 

 est Service of New Brunswick, and the Com- 

 mission of Conservation to establish an experi- 

 ment station on 240 acres belonging to the 

 Mirimichi Fish Hatchery at South Esk, New 

 Brunswick. The area is badly infested by 

 spruce budworm, and a special study will be 

 made of this disease on the area by the Domin- 

 ion Entomological Branch. The area is being 

 cruised and plans drawn up for regulated 

 cutting. 



In this connection it might be mentioned that 

 the Commission of Conservation and the Ento- 

 mological Branch in co-operation with the re- 

 spective companies have already established 

 some 25 acres of permanent sample plots on the 

 Laurentide Company limits at Lake Edward 



and on the Riordon Pulp and Paper Company 

 limits on Lac Tremblant, where a detailed study 

 is being made of forest insects and fungous dis- 

 eases; of the effects of the various degrees of 

 cutting on the regeneration and growth of 

 spruce and balsam; and particularly experi- 

 ments are being inaugurated to determine the 

 conditions for a more abundant natuf.il repro- 

 duction of spruce after logging. 



It is reported that the Riordon Pulp and 

 Paper Company has under way plans for the 

 establishment of an extensive experimental 

 area, some 5,000 acres it is said, where not only 

 different cutting methods will be tried but also 

 experiments in broadcast seeding and in under- 

 planting in the various conditions usually pre- 

 sented by logged-over and burned-over lands. 

 Detailed and expert studies like those outlined 

 above for the other cutting areas will be en- 

 couraged and facilities supplied for them. In 

 fact, the plan is apparently to develop a forest 

 experiment station where any investigator or 

 investigative body of proved achievement may 

 attempt to solve forest problems of economic 

 bearing. 



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