there is based upon the opportunity for the develop- 

 ment of better forestry practice on these privately- 

 owned timber lands, and upon the urgent need for a 

 greatly intensified system of forest protection, to 

 cover all the forested area of the province. 



Prince Edward Island is not a forest province, prac- 

 tically the whole of her land area being under culti- 

 vation. 



Ontario is then the last of the forest provinces to 

 recognize the necessary and logical connection be- 

 tween forestry and foresters. The recent action should 

 and no doubt will, mark the beginning of an era in 

 which the fullest practicable consideration will be 

 given to so regulating the methods of cutting on 

 Crown lands as to leave them in a condition to pro- 

 duce another crop of valuable timber species. It 

 has been demonstrated that logging operations in 

 which cutting is not regulated with an eye to future 

 productivity are generally destructive to the quality 

 and quan tity of future growth. Each area requires 

 to be carefully studied in advance of cutting, that the 

 method of treatment to be prescribed may be adap- 

 tive to local conditions and at the same time be prac- 

 ticable from the operator's viewpoint, to say nothing 

 of being reasonable from the viewpoint of additional 

 cost involved. 



Ontario is to be congratulated upon the progressive 

 action taken in thus far recognizing the need for a 

 technical administration of Crown timber lands. The 

 Provincial Forestry Branch has a great responsibility 

 and a great opportunity for public service in the 

 prospective addition to its previous work of forest 



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