Canadian Forestry Journal. May, igjo. 



243 



Poor stuff for a farmer to give his time to: A pie ce of 

 never pay a profit until it is put back under timber, 

 inches. 



cleared land in Central Ontario which can 

 The maximum depth of soil is less than 12 



in 191 5, reach a height of 20 feet. 

 Pine and locust predominate in refor- 

 estation area, and vacancies are the 

 1,620 acres now under attention, are 

 being rapidly filled up. 



There are at work on the plantation 

 by winter, about ten men. and l:)y 

 summer, about 25. During winter 

 they are engaged in removing from 

 the old wood plots trees that show 

 decay. This work is done carefully 

 so as to inflict the least possible in- 

 jury upon the under forest which is 

 being nursed along to replace the old 

 pioneers when they go down. 



Then there are shipping boxes to 

 be made for the spring, thinning here, 

 the controlling of snowdrifts there — 

 for injury to young trees through 

 snowdrifts is kept well in check. 

 There is gravel to be hauled, occa- 

 sional buildings to be erected and 

 general farm work to be attended. 



With the spring shipping conies 

 seeding and transplanting, or rather 

 trans])lantiiig and seeding. Then va- 

 cancies in the woodland have to be 

 filled in. and the summer brings the 

 work of removing dead trees, and the 

 pursuit of many lines of work — farm 

 work, of course, but of a kiml peculiar 

 to the farm. 



V'p to the ]iresent only altout 600.- 



000 plants have been grown yearly, 

 but in a couple of years it is expected 

 that two millions a year will be avail- 

 able, and the increase will go on. 



About five per cent, of the ship- 

 ments of plants goes to destinations 

 in Norfolk County. The remainder 

 is (listrilnited all over Ontario. 



Rules for the Prairie Planter. 

 There are tliree main j)oints which 

 must be observed if success is to be 

 hoped for. It is safe to say that at 

 least ninety per cent, of the failures 

 in tree-planting are due to the fact 

 that the importance of one or of all 

 (^f these features has been overlook- 

 ed. Tlie three points arc these: 



1. The soil must be most thorough- 

 ly ])rcpared before planting. 



2. ()nly such species of trees should 

 be used as are known to be hardy in 

 the district and suitfd io grow in the 

 particular kind of st>il ami in the situ- 

 ation wlure it is desired to plant 

 thcni. 



3. A certain animmt o\ cultivatii^n 

 of the soil after planting is absolutely 

 nccessarv. This cultivation must be 

 carried mi until the trees are well es- 

 tablished and able to grow without 

 further care. 



