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Caiia'dian Forestry Jonrnal, /IprU, i(j2n. 



So, sir, count all that you make as 

 just that much to the li-nod, and when 

 it is finished, whether it be six years 

 or in three hundred years, what then 

 will come? Observe this: There are 

 two things which you have never 

 seen — one thing that is as good as it 

 looks, and another thing that is as 

 bad as it looks. That is true of the 

 pulp and paper industry, and if it 

 would all disappear the situation 

 would not be as calamitous as you 

 might suppose. . . . 



"So you must not be too disconso- 



late and think too much of the end 

 and A\luMi that vu(\ will come, and I 

 ha\-e no doubt, whenever that end 

 does come, that you will be able to 

 put your mills and your plants to 

 other good purposes. Nor need we 

 of this generation concern ourselves 

 too much about the future. We have 

 done our part in the world, and let 

 those who come after us do tlr ir 

 share, and if they look into your re- 

 cords they will find that you tortured 

 and tormented yourselves into finding 

 a solution." 



The Tree Nursery at Indian Head 



The tree nursery at Indian Head, 

 Sask., comprises three-quarters of a 

 section lying about two miles south- 

 west from the town of Indian Head. 

 This section was originally school 

 lands. In 1903 arrangements were 

 'made for the north-east quarter of 

 this section to be taken over by the 

 Department of the Interior for nur- 

 sery purposes. A few years later, as 

 the work extended, the north-west 

 quarter was added, and again a few 

 years later than this the south-west 

 quarter was again added. 



The general character of the land is 

 somewhat rolling and the soil a mod- 

 erately heavy sandy loam. There is 

 a deep coulee running through a por- 

 tion of the property on which a dam 

 has been established, and there are 

 several small natural blufifs of poplar 

 scattered here and there, which add 

 some natural attractions to the site. 



The first buildings were erected in 

 the summer of 1904, and the first 

 plantings, consisting of an outside 

 shelter belt on the north-east quarter 

 the grading of the roads and the 

 planting of " the ornamental grounds 

 was done in the spring of 1905. This 

 quarter was gradually gotten under 

 cultivation, and the whole of this 

 quarter is now devoted to the grow- 

 ing of nursery stock with the excep- 

 tions of such portions as are occupied 

 by the buildings, ornamental grounds 

 and permanent shelter belts. 



The nursery plots, consisting of 



regular sized plots of approximately 



one to two acres, are divided by cara- 



gana hedges for shelter purposes. The 

 ornamental grounds consist of a main 

 entrance drive approximately a quar- 

 ter of a mile in length, bordered on 

 each side by plantings of ornamental 

 flowering shrubs, evergreens and 

 hardy trees. In the neighborhood of 

 the buildings fairly extensive lawns 

 were laid out, and these are bordered 

 by ornamental shrubs, perennial 

 plants and so on. 



The buildings on the north-east 

 ciuarter are well sheltered by perma- 

 nent belts consisting largely of coni- 

 fers, wdiich have developed wonder- 

 fully in the past few years. 



The south-west quarter, which was 

 taken over most recently, is rather 

 rougher than the other land and has 

 more waste land on it in the nature 

 of sloughs, and some alkali spots, and 

 up to the present has been devoted 

 entirely to the growing of grain and 

 hay for the horses needed on the nur- 

 sery for labor purposes. The whole 

 of this new quarter is not yet entirely 

 under cultivation. 



There is now a very satisfactory 

 equipment of buildings, consisting of 

 the Superintendent's residence, tore- 

 man's residence, two boarding houses 

 stable, two packing sheds and one 

 workshop. Being connected up with 

 the pipe line which supplies the town 

 of Indian Head, there is a supply of 

 very good water, but at times the 

 supply is not any too plentiful. There 

 is also an individual electric lighting 

 plant to furnish light to the buildings. 



