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C'dnacliaii J'Orcstry Magazine, November, nj20 



ject lesson-, are plainly to be scon in all 

 parts of the country. There is, how- 

 ever, less recot^nization of the serious 

 effect upon the coni]josition of the forest 

 hrouf^ht about l)y the lack of intelli.^ent 

 rej^ulation of the methods of carryint^ 

 on cniiini; operations. l*"or Qxamplc, 

 white pine, formerly the premier timber 

 tree of Canada, has largely disappeared 

 from great areas where it was formerly 

 plentiful and formed the foundation for 

 the early ])rosperity of the timber indus- 

 try of liastern Canada. The methods 

 of cutting were such as to favor the in- 

 creasing ])reponderance of the less valu- 

 able species. 



The Decline of Spruce. 



Similarly, today, spruce, the ])remier 



pulpwood species, is being steadily 



driven out of our eastern forests as a 



result of heavy cutting for pulpwood 



and Innilicr, wilh hut little con>ci()Uh at- 

 leinpi h) M, niodif) the methods of log- 

 ging as to ensure the continuously satis- 

 factory regeneration! of this valuable 

 species on cut-over lands. In very many 

 cases, all the merchantable spruce is 

 taken, but onl\' a percentage of the less 

 valuable and shorter-lived l)alsam, and 

 generally none of tlie liardwotxl species, 

 of which birch is the most conspicuous 

 example. The inevitable effect of such 

 treatment is to increase the proportion of 

 hardwoods and balsam in the succeeding 

 forest, providing the area is fortunate 

 enough to escape tlie ravages of succes- 

 sive ilres. 



Authentic information as to the effects 

 of fires and of different methods of cut- 

 ting upon the composition and growth 

 of the forest is absolutely essential as 

 a foundation for any intelligent system 



Group of foresters visiting camp at tlie forest experiment station maintained at Lalvc Edward, 15 miles 

 from Grand Mere, P.Q., through co-operation of the Commission of Conservation, Entomological Branch 

 and l.aureulide Company, Ltd. The occasion was the annual conference of the North-Eastern Foresters' 

 held this year in Canada for the first time. Standing, left to right, Dr C. D. Howe, Acting Dean,* 

 Faculty of Forestry at Toronto; W. G. Hastings, State Forester of Vermont;' A. E. Moss, Asst. State 

 Forester of Connecticut ; R. W. Lyons, Forestry Department of the Laurentide Company ; R. D. Craig, 

 Commission of Conservation ; L. S. Webb, Asst. Provincial Forester of New Brunswick ; Dr. J. M. 

 Swaine, Dominion Entomological Branch. Seated, left to right: Hon. Wm. A. L. Brazeley, Commissioner 

 of Conservation of Massachusetts; C. P. Wither, State Fire Warden of New Jersey; Austin Cary, U.S. 

 Forest Service ; Prof. R. S. Hosmer, Dean, Forestry Dept., Cornell University ; W. G. Wright, Dominion 

 Forestry Branch. The North-Eastern Foresters had previously visited the forest nursery and planting 

 operations of the Quebec Forest Service at Berthierville and the similar work of the Laurentide Company 

 at Grand Mere and Proulx. Only a few of them were able to spend the additional time for the further 

 visit to the permanent sample plots and other forest research work at Lake Edward. Photo by G. A. 



Mu'loy, in charge of project. 



