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acres of burned and logged-off timber 

 land at work growing trees. This is 

 not inherently a difficult thing to accom- 

 plish. Three-fourths of it lies in pre- 

 venting forest fires. But it does require 

 an aggressive national pohcy of refores- 

 tation. 



Says The Calgary Herald 



"The Canadian Forestry Associa- 

 tion has undertaken a very practical 

 work for Western Canada production. 

 It will send through the west ^bis 

 summer a special car carrying exhibits 

 of tree planting, to be shown to the 

 farmers of the three prairie provinces, 

 with accompanving lectures and mov- 

 ing pictures. The idea is to get the 

 farmers of the plains interested in 

 planting windbreaks for the benefit 

 of their crops. 



No one who has lived in the west 

 for any length of time can doubt the 

 importance of tree planting for wind- 

 break purposes. The remarkable thing 

 is that so few farmers seem to have 

 taken the trouble to do anything of the 

 kind. In the south country, where 

 winds are more persistent and violent 

 than elsewhere, and where the nature 

 of the soil is such that it drifts easily, 

 one may travel for days without see- 

 ing anything but the bald prairie, tree- 

 less, and uninviting. The few^ farmers 

 who have been wise enough to plant 

 trees around their grain fields have 

 reaped enormous benefit therefrom. 



In this connection, it is worth while 

 relating the story of one Englishman 

 in southern Alberta who came to the 

 land when it was bare and bald, and 

 who, at the very outset, planted wind- 

 breaks all around his holding. In 

 fact, he did more than this. He loca- 

 ted his building spot and started a real 

 g"ove of young trees around it. Suc- 

 cess attended the effort, and today, in 

 addition to the ordinary grains of the 

 south, this man grows within the 

 circles of his windbreaks strawberries 

 and small fruits in abundance ; while 

 the driveway from tlie gate to the 

 house is a fine replica of an old F.ng- 

 lish flower garden, where l-jiglish jier- 

 cnnials grow and flourish in profusion. 

 And, on all sides of this man's farm, 



are other grain farmers wdio are con- 

 stantly complaining of soil drifting 

 and all the other attendant evils of the 

 treeless, wind-swept prairie. 



If the Forestry Association is able 

 to persuade western farmers gener- 

 ally that the tree planting game is pro- 

 fitable, and can get them started at it. 

 it will have done good service for the 

 west. The pity is that more of this 

 sort of thing had not been done before. 



Address to Boy Scouts 



At the request of X. O. Eaman. Pro- 

 vincial Commissioner of Boy Scouts' As- 

 sociation, G. H. Prince, Provincial For- 

 ester of New Brunswick, addressed the 

 Boy Scouts on August 16th at their sum- 

 mer camp on Belleisle Bay on the im- 

 portance of fire protection in order to 

 maintain and conserve the forest and 

 game resources of New Brunswick. 



I\Ir. Prince pointed out the great loss 

 that has resulted from forest fires in the 

 past, and how that much of the loss was 

 due to carelessness which was avoidable. 

 He also pointed out the importance of 

 maintaining the forests in producing ca- 

 pacity from the standpoint of Provincial 

 revenue and general prosperity of the 

 New Brunswick people. 



There were 65 Boy Scouts present 

 from all parts of the province. The boys 

 took a deep interest in Mr. Prince's re- 

 marks regarding their province and 

 many questions were asked regarding 

 the administration of the Crown lands, 

 forests, and game. 



The Forests and Fixanxe 



Premier Tascheroau, at a banquet in 

 Quebec the other day in his adtlress re- 

 ferred to the subject of the destruction 

 of the Canadian forests and indicated 

 that his government would give all poss- 

 ible encouragement to the movement for 

 the preservation of existing ftirests aiitl 

 the reforestation of deiuided areas. 



i'Aery thoughtful person is aware that 

 Manitoba in the future will do much 

 more in forest culture and tree planting 

 than it has in (he past. This will mean 

 tuUold millions in money and even more 

 \n the matter of more pleasant living 

 conditions. — Manitoba I'ree Press. 



