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EEPOKT OF THE 



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plots at Cochrane, Ground Hog, Kapuskasing, Hearst and Xagagami, 40 miles 

 west of Hearst. Very good progress is being made along the Grand Trunk Pacific 

 Eailway and along the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Eailway and its 

 branches, in clearing up land by the settlers. The crops throughout the district 

 were in most places very good, more especially timothy, clover, fall wheat, also 

 vegetables and root crops. Crops planted in reasonable time did not sutler from 

 summer frosts. The late crops, owing to the extremely hot weather in the latter 

 part of July and fore part of August, ripened too quickly and did not yield as aa'cII 

 as was expected. Potatoes and all kinds of vegetables yielded well. Great im- 

 provement has been noticed in the climatic conditions where large areas of land 

 liave been cleared or burnt off. 





The Hon. G. H. Ferguson, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, on a visit to 

 Mattagami Pulp and Paper Mills, Mattagami River, Transcontinental Railway. 



the 



KAPUSKASING, INTERNED ALIENS CAMP, TRANSCONTINENTAL 



RAILWAY, SEVENTY MILES WEST OF COCHRANE, 



DISTRICT OF TIMISKAMING. 



During the winter of 1915-1916 work was continued along the right-of-way of 

 the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway east and west of the Kapuskasing River where 

 is situated the Interned Aliens Camp and the Experimental Farm of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture at Ottawa. The work consisted in the cutting and burning of 

 all the timber on both sides of the right-of-way for .a depth of 10 chains, or ap- 

 proximately 25 acres on each lot. The report of 1915 gives a detailed description 

 of what had actually been done at the end of October 31st, 1915. Since that date 

 600 acres have been cut out and burnt over. About 5 acres on the east side of the 

 Kapuskasing River was ploughed and put under crop. The land was burnt over 



