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are free, the only expense to the consignee be- 

 ing the transportation charges thereon. 



PROCEDUURE WHEN PLANTING. 



When the seedhngs arrive they should be un- 

 packed at once and "heeled in," on or near the 

 area to be planted. By "healing in" we mean, 

 that the seedlings are dipped in water, the roots 

 placed in a trench, after which they are cov- 

 ered with earth which is firmly packed around 

 the young trees by tramping and "heeling in." 

 This excludes all air, thus preventing the roots 

 from drying. If the area that is to be planted 

 is grassy, remove about V/l feet square of sod 

 at the spot where each seedling is to be placed. 

 This procedure entails a little extra labor and 



expense, but will pay in the end. Another 

 quicker and cheaper method of planting where 

 it is soddy may be applied by ploughing furrows 

 at the required distance apart and planting the 

 trees in the furrows. In many places, however, 

 the removal of sod is unnecessary. 



When actually planting, too great care can- 

 not be taken. Two men form one planting 

 gang. One man prepares the hole while the 

 other carries the seedlings roots immersed in a 

 pail of water. A V-shaped hole is made, in 

 which the seedling is placed in an erect position. 

 Particular pains should be taken to plant at the 

 old depth and in tramping the earth firmly about 

 the roots. 



GRAZING TRESPASS PUNISHED. 



The first case to establish the right of the 

 Forestry Branch of the Department of the In- 

 terior to collect a penalty from ranchers grazing 

 live stock on the forestry reserves, was tried in 

 the Supreme Court at Macleod, Alberta, recent- 

 ly, and Mr. Justice Walsh decreed in favor of 

 the Department of the Interior. John Nelson, 

 of Meadow Creek, was the defendant, and he 

 was fined $595 and costs. Witness fees totalled 

 $390. 



The decision was considered important in 

 view of the fact that close to 50,000 head of 

 cattle and horses graze within the forest re- 

 serves of Alberta. The Department charges 

 eight cents a month per head for cattle, and 

 ten cents per month for every horse 



The Manitoba Free Press: "Regarded both 

 from the viewpoint of our own convenience and 

 as a chief source of national wealth, the forests 

 of the Dominion commend themselves to the 

 particular care of the Canadian people. Their 

 very magnitude may easily result in their de- 

 struction, or at least in a net reduction of their 

 extent, which no amount of contortion and re- 

 gret will avail to make good. A definite policy 

 of conservation and replacement is required as 

 a precautionary measure and to fulfill the duty 

 of this generation as trustees for posterity." 



"I want to congratulate you on the excellent 

 progress the Association has made .... 

 in spite of war conditions." — Dr. B. E. Fernow, 

 Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Forestry, University 

 of Toronto. 



The ne.st of a red-tailed hawk, made of twigs, 

 large enough to fill a tub. Photo talien on the 

 Spruce Woods Forest Reserve, Manitoba. 



