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Cdiiadidii I'orcstry Jounial, .Iprll, Ip20. 



Active Work at Quebec Tree Nursery 



(by C. C. Piche, Chief Forester of Quebec, in 1919 Report) 



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During the current year we ship 

 ped 941,500 plants, representing a 

 total value of $3,800. As in the past, 

 the lumber companies, the T>aurentide 

 and others, continued to encourage 

 us. Moreover, wc sold many orna- 

 mental trees to individuals and dis- 

 tributed, free of charge, to various 

 educational institutions a certain 

 nund)er of young trees in order to 

 diffuse a knowledge of forestry. 



We continued planting ornamental 

 trees and we now have over 35,000 

 plants. 



Owing to the successive additions 

 to the nursery, we had to completely 

 stop agricultural work through lack 

 of st)ace. If we are called upon, as 

 we foresee we shall be. to j^roduce 

 between five and ten millions of 

 plants per annum, we shall have to 

 buy other lots of lands to enlarge our 

 nursery, because we have no other ad- 

 ditional space. 



We shall ha\e to put up a seed- 

 house, and organize ourselves tor 

 gathering the seeds of the various 

 forest trees of the country. Hitherto, 

 we have been obliged to get our seeds 

 from abroad, l)ut it is now time to 

 think of obtaining our supplies here, 

 for this will enable us to reduce our 

 expenses and to have more vigorous 

 trees from acclimated stocks. 



WIRELESS IN FORESTS. 



Wireless telegraphy as a means of 

 reporting forest fires may soon be 

 generally used in British Columbia. 

 EfiPorts are now being put forward by 

 the Forest Branch of the Department 

 of Lands at Victoria, with a view to 

 ascertaining the feasibility of the 

 plan, and while definite action may 

 not be taken in the matter for a few 

 months, the question is receiving seri- 

 ous consideration. 



Chief Forester M. A. Grainger 

 strongly advocates the establishment 

 of a wireless telegraph system in the 

 principal forest districts of the pro- 

 vince, and he is now seeking informa- 

 tion on the probable cost of the pro- 



ject. Jie tcels that tlic plan woul 

 lead to a substantial reduction in th • 

 cost of fire fighting and protection, 

 and that it would be of important ser- 

 \ ice to the lumber industry as a 

 whole. 



The scheme has ])ccn considered 

 from time to time by the department, 

 but indicaticjns are 'tliat it has now 

 reached that stage of development 

 where something of a definite nature 

 will be done. Mr. Grainger, in con- 

 versation with a representative of the 

 T\-icific Coast Lumberman, expressed 

 the hope that this year would witness 

 the develo])ment of the project into 

 something tangible. He is pretty well 

 convinced that the step would l)f 

 worth taking, and it i -, now mcrelv 

 a question of departmental poHcv t) 

 l)e decided l)v the government itself. 



AN AERIAL MAPPER. 



I^eaders of tlie Forestry Journal 

 will be interested in an advertisement 

 appearing in "The Aeroplane in Can- 

 ada," by Price Bros., Quebec, calling 

 for an aerial photographer to map 

 timber limits. This is probably the 

 first "want ad." of its kind ever pub- 

 lished. 



Aerial Photographer. — This Com 

 pany seeks the services of a man with 

 successful experience in the work of 

 developing and printing aerial photo- 

 graphs and who is capable of making 

 up maps from these photographs. 

 Returned flying officers with experi- 

 ence and knowledge of this work are 

 eligible for this position. During 

 summer of 1920, this Company plans 

 to photograph its timber limits from 

 the air in order to obtain accurate 

 aerial maps. It is essential that ap- 

 plicants shall have done this Avork at 

 the Front. Applications may be di- 

 rected to the offices of this Company, 

 Price Bros. & Co., Limited, Quebec. 



