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Canadian Forestry Journal, April, igso. 



WOODLOT IMPROVEMENT. 



In answer to an in(|uiry from the 

 Canadian Forestry Journal, I.t.-Col. 

 J. W. ITarkom, Melbourne, Quebec, 

 an industrious improver of bis (nvn 

 woodlands, sent tbe follovvint,^ re 



marks : 



Witb intcllij2:ent care, farmers' 

 woodlots would i2:ivc returns tbat now 

 seem, to the average farmer, unlikely ; 

 but wider knowledge is necessary to 

 give such men interest to stimulate 

 their action. 



For one thing, the allowing of 

 cattle to run at large in the lot must 

 be prevented. It takes but little time 

 to see how much damage is done by 

 the practice. 



Then careful cutting and trimming 

 would furnish much more fuel wood 

 than at first sight would appear, and 

 the result in the growth of timber 

 and general appearance of it would 

 give an added value to the property. 



Planting, and encouragement of 



nalural]\'--~o\\ 11 young trees would, in 

 a few yt-ars, give still more value. 



These latter tlnn-e ])oints cr)ver 

 what I consider tlie chief w<jrk a 

 small woodlot re(|uires to change it 

 from the ])resent general valueless ap- 

 ])earan(,-e to an asset. 



It will be jjerhaps only by some 

 State action that a wide improvement 

 coud be effected, and that by taking 

 over some areas and demonstrating 

 what can 1)C done and its value. 



An estimate as to values in cash 

 is not practicable except by survey of 

 the actual sites. 



There are several reasons why the 

 woodlots are constantly running 

 down: Thoughtless cutting: grazing: 

 carclesncss about forest fires, and lack 

 of thinning. 



The remedies are simple and easily 

 applied. AVhat then is the trouble? 

 I think there are two reasons for this, 

 both of which lie in the attitude of 

 mind of the farmer. First of all, he 

 is not accustomed to think of his farm 



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