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Canadiitn [•orcslry Joitrnal. July, IQ20. 



Draw a diat^ram of a township in sec- 

 tions, and mark it off with such a 

 border of trees and what would it mean ? 

 Every mile square would be surrounded 

 with trees. In twenty years these trees 

 would be thirty to forty feet hij^^h. Thc-n 

 wliat? 



Let us answer brieflx' : 



1. Hot winds would be checked in 

 their sweep close to the ground, for they 

 would have to rise over the belt of trees, 

 just as a man is checked in racing over 

 a continuous line of hunlles. 



2. The moisture that falls as snow 

 would remain on each farm, instead of 

 being drifted into ravines, it may be 

 miles away, never to be returned where 

 it is most neded. 



3. Moisture in the form of rain would 

 be attracted and precipitated more 

 evenly over the prairies. 



4. Cyclones would find no nesting or 

 birth places. 



5. Millions of insectivorous birds 

 would find homes, on farms and woul 1 

 aid farmers in fighting insect pests. 



0. 'Idle beautifying of homes, chang- 

 ing them from what they are to-day — a 

 bareTocation on the prairies, where men, 

 women and children live, work and 

 sleep to earn a living — to homes with 

 beautiful surroundings that in them- 

 selves give rest and contentment, homes 

 that attract, homes that will keep young 

 people on the farm, homes that after 

 young people grow up and go out into 

 the world for themselves, are always 

 remembered as "no place Hke home." 



MAJOR CHAS. G. POWER, M.P. 



(^guE.^. ENDORSES THE 



ASSOCIATION. 



(From Hansard Report of House of 

 Coiuiiions.) 

 Mr. POWER: "I would call attention 

 to an item of $4,000, a grant to the Can- 

 adian Forestry Association, I should 

 be the last to ask the Minister to indulge 

 in any extravagance, but it seems to me 

 that if there is one association in the 

 country which deserves well of the coun- 

 try and of the Government it is the 

 Canadian Forestry Association. Since 

 its inception some years ago it has called 

 the attention of the public of Canada to 

 the fact that oin" forest resources 

 throughout the country were very rapid- 



ly diminishing and that if we did not 

 within a very short time take some ac- 

 tion we would be in tlie same position as 

 the United States. 



Since this association has taken up its 

 work it has, by means of lectures and an 

 exhibition car, instructed the peoj)le 

 throughout the length and breadth of the 

 country, both the children and the 

 gTown-ui)s, many of whom were in sad 

 need of instruction in this respect, in the 

 necessity for forest conservation. The 

 association has lecturers wdio tour the 

 country at considerable expense. It is 

 true that their members are fairly 

 wealthy, but to my mind this is a work 

 which sliould be materially helped by the 

 Governnicnl of Canada, and 1 am sorry 

 to see such a small sum as $4,000 pro- 

 vided for it. You could easily raise tiie 

 amount to $10,000 and do $10,000 worth 

 of good to Canada.'" 



"Mr. MEIGHEX: The amount is the 

 same as in previous years. I believe that 

 the Forestry Association, speaking gene- 

 rally, does very excellent work, and I en- 

 duisiastically believe that the work it is 

 undertaking now in the way of public 

 education in the matter of forest con- 

 servation is one of great importance. 

 Posibly. if that work develnjis, we may 

 ( isider an increased appropriation next 

 \ car."' 



THE OAK 



Live thy Life, 



Young and old, 

 Like yon oak, 

 Bright in spring. 



Living gold; 



Summer rich 



Then ; and then 

 Autumn-changed, 

 Soberer-hued 



Gold again. 



All his leaves 

 Fall'n at length. 



Look, he stands. 



Trunk and bough, 

 Naked strength. 



— Tennj^son. 



