Canadian Forestry Journal, May, 1920. 



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Deer exterminators is not half what 

 it was ten years ago. Kill off the 

 wolves and within ten years our pre- 

 sent scattered remnant of Red Deer 

 will increase into millions. Then only 

 will all of us realize and appreciate 

 that our v.-ild mutton is well worth 

 conserving. Our deer are only one 

 of the many wild life assets of On- 

 tario that has received hlt'e or no 

 attention. 



At the present moment there are 

 at least two hundred and fifty beau- 

 tiful white swans and thousands of 

 wild geese and ducks resting within 

 three miles of where we now are sit- 

 ting; all contented and resting under 

 the sand-bar along the north shore 

 of Lake Erie, where twenty years ago 

 it was hardly safe for a sandpiper to 

 alight. On the Kingsville Game Re- 

 servation, Bob-white, the farmers' 

 •most loyal and beneficial friend, can 

 be heard plainly in increased num- 

 bers. Better education and a public 

 sentiment brought about by the Es- 

 sex County Wild Life Conservation 

 Association, has made this wonderful 

 change possible. 



Every county in Ontario should 

 organize an interested and enthusias- 

 tic Wild Life Conservation Associa- 

 tion to co-operate with the govern- 

 ments. Then, and then only, can we 

 hope to hold a representative annual 

 convention near the centre of the Pro- 

 vince, probably in Sudbury, or better 

 still in Toronto, where the conven- 

 tion could be attended by all of our 

 representatives to the Legislature. 

 This undoubtedly would draw out 

 and bring together the trappers, 

 guides and sportsmen (the men who 

 know from experience), and put us 

 in touch with one another. \W' ccnild 

 hold round-table ov camp-fire talks, 

 and square heart to heart conversa- 

 tion which, I believe, would bear 

 fruit. W'c could consider the possi- 

 bility of introducing among the 

 wol\es a contagious disease; also the 

 advisability oi introducing black 

 foxes through the establishment in 



Ontario of black fox ranches for the 

 purpose of re-stocking Northern On- 

 tario with something worth while. If 

 it pays to re-stock our lakes with 

 fish-eating fish, surely it would pay 

 to re-stock our forests with foxes 

 w^orth five hundred dollars each, that 

 do not consume as food, more par- 

 tridges than a ten dollar Red one 

 will. One of the finest black fox pelts 

 I ever saw came from Northern On- 

 tario. 



PLANTING TREES IN N. Y. 



Syracuse, N.\'. — The spring of 1920 

 is the biggest year yet recorded for 

 forestry in New York State. 



This was shown by the addresses 

 at the First Annual Forest Week of 

 the New York State College of For- 

 estry at Syracuse, when five busy 

 days were spent in discussions of 

 various forestry programs. 



Here were some of the big items 

 of news of the week : 



Monday. Public Forest Day. — The 

 College of Forestry will alone plant 

 big areas as follows, during April and 

 May of this year: Otsego County, 

 township forests, 50.000 trees ; water- 

 shed planting, 50.000 trees : Malone 

 citv forest. 40.000 trees, chiefly pine ; 

 Chenango County, township foresti^. 

 probably 30,000 trees: Herkimer 

 county, many small plantings, de- 

 ])en(ling on the number of trees that 

 can be secured from the State, prob- 

 ably 50,000 in all ; 30,000 trees in La- 

 cona. N.Y. ; 20.000 trees on the Col- 

 lege of Forestry arboretum at Syra- 

 cuse: 65.000 trees at Strectcr Lake, 

 under supervision of the State Rang- 

 er School. 



'i\ies(iav. County Agent Day.— For- 

 estry College speakers declared that 

 th" State can provide from its wood- 

 lots, one-third of its lunibor bill ot 

 $i_'5.ooo.ooo a year, land not now 

 t.niched: the State e'nllcge o\ lM>r- 

 estry at Svracuse will begin reso.irch 

 developnieiit of 00 acres of w... idiot 

 near Svracuse. 



