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Canadian Forestry Journal, Fchniaiy, 1920 



ONTARIO FARMERS WANT TO COMMENCE 



TREE-GROWING 



A sign of the farmers' interest in this im- 

 portant matter of increasing the forest area wai 

 given at the meeting of York (Ontario) County 

 Council, by Reeve George Padget, of Markham 

 Township, a farmer representing one of the 

 best agricuhural districts in the country, moving 

 the appointment of a committee to investigate 

 the possibilities for acquiring land in the county 

 for reforestation by the county authorities. The 

 council was unanimous in supporting Reeve 

 Padget's suggestion, and in discussion of the 

 matter members advanced strong arguments in 

 favor of reforestation, not the least important 

 of them being those in reference to the effect 

 of forest growth on stream regulation, in pre- 

 venting the occurrence of blow sand areas, and 

 in providing refuge for wild birds; all matters 

 affecting agriculture most directly. 



Particularly interesting information with re- 

 gard to the results of removing pine from sandy 

 land without making provision for the encour- 

 agement of second growth was provided by Mr. 

 F. Stickwood, a member of the council repre- 

 senting the Township of East Gwillimbury. 



Mr. Stickwood spoke out of his own experi- 

 ence of lumbering pine on sandy land in the 

 north-eastern portion of the county, with a view 

 to growing crops on a portion of the cleared 

 area. In cases where the second growth pine 

 had been given reasonable encouragement by 

 leaving the surrounding tree growth fairly thick, 

 good results in the way of new timber had been 

 attained. But where the land was cleared for 

 the growth of farm crops ,and not provided 

 with a libertl supply of humus artihcially, the 

 result had been disastrous after two years of 

 cropping. 



Interviewed with regard to the possibilities 

 for growing crops on sandy land from which 

 pine had been removed, Mr. Stickwood went 

 into particulars of his experience on his own 

 farm. For two seasons after removing a fine 

 growth of pine from what is now one of his 

 back fields, he secured excellent crops of fall 

 wheat. But after the second year the black sur- 

 face soil began to drift, and the subsoil that was 

 left — a sharp sand — proved anything but satis- 

 factory for crop-growing. Mr. Stickwood was 

 emphatic in declaring that the pine land should 

 either be kept in pine or, if cleared, should be 

 treate dimmediately with heavy applications of 



barnyard manure in order to keep the good soil 

 in place and provide for a supply of fertility 

 for a considerable period. 



COL. .!. S. DENNIS' MESSAGE. 



From a telegram sent to the annual meeting 

 of the Canadian Forestry Association at Quebec 

 by Col. J. S. Dennis, Chief Commissioner of 

 Colonization and Development, Canadian Pa- 

 cific Railway: 



"The Association is doing magnificent work 

 and is deserving of the strongest support pos- 

 sible from all Canadian interests." 



In the December issue of the Forestry Jour- 

 nal omission was made of an acknowledgement 

 to Mr. G. B. Sudworth, Dendrologist of the 

 United States Forest Service, Washington, D.C., 

 for his courtesy in allowing the use of a photo- 

 graph showing a Sequoia tree stump. 



"I believe the work you are doing is so im- 

 portant and the demands on your members so 

 moderate that you should receive all the support 

 possible." — Chas. M. Cotton, Barrister, Mon- 

 treal. 



"Personally, I consider the work of your As- 

 sociation is doing is very beneficial, not only to 

 the holders of limits, but to Canada as a whole." 

 — Col. William Hendrie, Hamilton. 



"Anything that I can do to further the ob- 

 jects of your Association will afford me sincere 

 pleasure."— Dr. J. L. Chabot, MjP., Ottawa. 



"I sincerely hope the Federal Government 

 will be prepared to back any action approved by 

 your Association." —Major Hume Cronyn, 

 iVl.P., London, Ont. 



"I have always appreciated the great work 

 the Canadian Forestry Association has been 

 doing and have been studying your publica- 

 tions." Fred V. Seibert, D.L.S., Edmonton. 



"I am heartily with you, and am willing to do 

 anything within reason to assist. I like the for- 

 est, and when I answer its call I like to find green 

 trees and grass and not black stumps and ashes. 

 — E. A. Paulson, Winnipeg. 



