226 



Caiuidiaii I ■arcs try Junnial, Ma\\ 1920. 



At At At 



5 years 13 years 16 years 

 of age of age of age 

 feet feet feet 



Man. Maple 8 19^ 



Green Ash 4J^ 14 



American Elm ... 4J^ 12J4 

 White Birch ..... SY- 20 

 Russian I'oplar . . 12 30 



White Spruce 2 754 13J^ 



Scotch Pine 2 11 18^ 



Jack Pine 10]^ 



Lodgepolc Pine ... 8 



Tamarac 5^ 17^ 22^:^ 



Siberian Larch . . . 5J^ 20 



These ages are from seed or cut- 

 tings as the case may be, and all 

 measurements are made in plantations 

 spaced about four by four feet. No 

 pruning or thinning has yet been 

 found necessary in any of the ply^nta- 

 tions. 



For general prairie planting the 

 evergreens will, in my opinion, un- 

 doubtedly give the best ultimate re- 

 sults. Even in a dry season the 

 growth is good, and once established 

 they will withstand neglect that 

 would be fatal to the broad leaf 

 varieties. 



PAPER INDUSTRY IN PROGRES- 

 SIVE STAND. 



Legislation for a national forest 

 ixjlicy in order tu promote reforesta- 

 tinn, ^vhich is regarded as essential 

 fur the ])a])er industry, was recom- 

 mended In llu- annual conventon of 

 the American Paper and Pulp .Asso- 

 ciation by its corfimittee on forest 

 conservations. 



(^leneral recommendations for a na- 

 tional forest policy, to be co-ordin- 

 ated with state legislation, include: 



Permanent annual apjjrojiriation of 

 $1,000,000 to be a])pHcd only where 

 the States co-operate, annual aj^pro- 

 ])riation of $500,000 for forest surveys 

 and land classification, permanent an- 

 nual appropriation of $1,000,000 to 

 acquire land suitable for timber 

 growing, and permanent annual ap- 

 propriation of $1,000,000 for forest 

 planting operations in National For- 

 ests. 



A Break in the Woods — one of the lovely natural pictures encountered in many parts of Nova Scotia. 



