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Canadian Forestry Jonnial, March, igso 



Demonstrations Needed. 



The most imj^ortant measure to- 

 wards solving the problem is by es- 

 tablishing demonstration forests on 

 the larger waste areas of the older 

 parts of the province. The success- 

 ful planting and developing of forest':. 

 upon these areas will have a very 

 great influence and educational eftect 

 upon the private woodland owners of 

 any given region. This policy was 

 entered upon by the government 

 when a demonstration forest station 

 was started in Norfolk county. This 

 station consists of i,8oo acres of non- 

 agricultural land, and should eventu- 

 ally comprise about 2,500 to 3,000 

 acres. At this station is established 

 a forest nursery for producing plant- 

 ing material and forest plantations of 

 Various kinds are being developed. 

 'The results of this work are very en- 

 couraging and wornout sand lands 

 planted in 1909, are today covered 

 with yoimg forests of pine, averaging 

 15 to 20 feet in height. Private own- 

 ers of similar soils in this region are 

 being influenced by this example so 

 that we have in this district some 

 very fine private plantations. During 

 the past 15 years we have be-;n sup- 

 plying free planting material to pros- 

 pective planters and we have through- 

 out the province a large number of 

 demonstration plantations. 



The war interfered seriously with 

 this work and our chief difficulty at 

 present is to secure nursery stock to 

 fill the demands. You will realize 

 that it takes two to three years to 

 produce nursery material suitable for 

 shipping and planting. 



Our work up to the present has 



Ijcen on such a small scde that it 

 has not seriously influenced the prob- 

 lem. It must not be overlooked how- 

 creation of similar stations to that in 

 Nrjrfolk, and undertake the problem 

 III' reforesting in older Ontario on a 

 much larger scale, if we are to secure 

 any real benefits from such a policy, 

 ever, that it has pointed out the way. 

 We should extend this work by the 



CUTTING METHODS. 



Ferd. van Bruyssel, before the 

 Engineering Institute, Montreal. 

 "Personally, I favor wherever prac- 

 ticable, the plan of clear cutting with- 

 in narrow strips. To illustrate this, 

 let us suppose a limit extends five 

 miles in depth from what is known 

 as a "tote" road, marginal to a stream, 

 this road being staked at distances of 

 250 feet. Imagine parallel lines orig- 

 inating at each stake and prolonged 

 perpendicularly to the river and road 

 over the wiiole depth of the limit; 

 then number the strips in regular se- 

 quence from right to left. First raze 

 the strips of even number, Avhich 

 thereafter will be seeded from the 

 standing timber on the adjoining odd 

 numbered strips. AVhen the seedlings 

 on the even numbers have grown 

 enough to bear cones, then raze the 

 odd numbers, wdiich in their turn will 

 Ije seeded by the young trees on the 

 even numbers. By the time the seed- 

 lings on the odd numbers hnve them- 

 selves become cone bearing, a second 

 crop will have matured sufl:'iciently 

 on the even numbers. Also this 

 second crop will he far more produc- 

 tive than that obtained from the 

 primeval forest." 



"The Forestry Association is doing a splendid work along many 

 lines, and is worthy of the greatest possible support from Dominion, 

 Provincial and private agencies. It has become a very definite force 

 in the direction of getting things done along the lines of forestry and 

 fire protection. Its usefulness would be greatly increased by the es- 

 tablishment of a branch office in the West, possibly at Vancouver, 

 and it is to be hoped that the necessary financial support may be 

 made available to this end." 

 Fr())ii lieport of the Commissioyi of Conservation s ''Committee on Forests.'''' 



