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Illustrated Canadian Forestry Magazine, December, ic}20 



A NEW USE FOR THE HUMBLE GOAT. 

 The Forestry Division of the Laurentide Company utilizes Angora goats In fields where it is desired 

 to clear out all hardwood sprouts before planting the spruce seedlings. The goats perform this task 

 with great thoroughness and meekness of spirit. No other automatic machine has been found to equal 



the goat for this particular job. 



_ JACK PINE DESTINED FOR A NEW ROLE? 

 Experiments by pulp and paper companies have shown that Jack Pine can be used for paper rnanu- 

 facture quite as well as spruce and balsam. It requires special and separate treatment in the pulping 

 process. The proof of the value of Jack Pine may alter the planting programmes of the pulp and paper 

 companies, for this species is a phenomenally rapid grower. Our illustration shows a plantation of Jack 

 Pine set out in 1918 at Proulx, Quebec, on the Laurentide Company's nurseries. The growth is re- 

 markable. 



