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Simcoe Takes Hold. 



(By Alimik in Toronto Globe.) 



A country inunici])al forest covering 

 800 acres and within easy access by rail 

 and motor. 



That is what the County Council of 

 Simcoe has ])rovi(le(l for by the purchase 

 of a block of waste land in the town>hi]) 

 of Vespra. 



The location is between Midliurst and 

 Anten Mills, within a mile of Hendrie 

 station on the Penetang line of the old 

 Grand Trunk and within easy reach of 

 the leading- highway connecting Rarrie 

 and Elmvale and within eight miles of 

 the former town. 



The land, wholly useless for ordinary 

 agricultural purposes, was secured at a 

 cost of $5.74 per acre. There is some 

 second growth pine, white birch, red oak 

 and a little hardwood on the property. 

 The whole block was once covered main- 

 ly with pine and since this was removed 

 the land has remained practically idle. 



Pnn'iiicc to do Plaiifiiii^. 



The expectation is tliat the Province 

 will provide seetUings and undertake the 

 work of planting. The question of care 



aUcr ])lanling is >li]l to l)e settled, but in 

 view of the public spirit shown b}- the 

 countrv in purchasing the property the 

 Pro\ince would be fully justified in 

 building a home and providing a care- 

 taker for the protection of the trees dur- 

 ing at least the early stages of growth. 



Private Planting to Follozc. 



It is probable that the public enterprise 

 already under way will be supplemeiited 

 by private enterprise. County Treasurer 

 Ouinlan, who has been one of the chief 

 movers in Simcoe county scheme, is al- 

 ready contemplating planting 25 acres of 

 very stony land on property belonging 

 to him near Lake Simcoe. 



The work of reforesting the waste 

 lands of old Ontario appears to be at last 

 detinitelv under wav. 



Fire, An Evil Master. 



The Provincial Forester of New 

 Brunswick, Air. G. H. Prince, in his re- 

 port on forest fires during 1919, makes 

 special reference to the losses caused by 

 settlers" clearing fires and camp fires. In 

 36 cases, action was taken against parties 

 for violation of the fire laws. The officials 

 of the Forest Branch made it clear to the 



