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proval of the establishment of a fire ranging system for the 

 protection of the forests, and to urge that this system be extended 

 to all forested districts as far as possible, and that, in view of the 

 great interests to be protected, the service under such a system 

 should be made as complete and effective as possible. In this 

 connection this Convention desires to call public attention to the 

 small expenditure made for the protection of the timber resources 

 of the country in proportion to their value when compared with 

 rates of insurance paid on other public property. 



4. RESOLVED, that in view of the many important re- 

 spects in which the water supply afTects the industries of the coun- 

 try, in particular agriculture, irrigation and manufacturing, and the 

 increasing value of the water powers, owing to the adoption of 

 electricity for industrial purposes, this Convention would urge 

 that special means should be taken for the preservation of the 

 forests on watersheds so as to conserve throughout the year the 

 equable and constant flow of the streams dependent thereon; 



That in view of the large expenditure made on irrigation 

 works in Southern Alberta and the intimate relation of the flow 

 of the inigation streams to the forests of the eastern watersheds 

 of the Rocky Mountains, this Convention would specially urge 

 upon the Government of the Dominion the necessity for the 

 protection of the forests on this watershed; 



5. WHEREAS in the older settled districts of Canada 

 conditions are now such that great benefits would be derived by 

 the country as a whole from some systematic movement to re- 

 aflforest large tracts of land which at present are lying waste in 

 the agricultural districts: and 



WHEREAS farmers, as a rule, have no expert knowledge 

 as to the cultivation of trees and find it almost impossible to 

 obtain nursery stock of forest trees at reasonable prices and of 

 good quality for planting purposes: and 



WHEREAS the farmers of the country are, if properly 

 informed, the right class of people to undertake tree planting 

 in the agricultural districts: and 



WHEREAS the scheme at present in operation in the West, 

 carried on under the Dominion Government, which provides for 

 the free distribution of forest tree seedlings and instruction as to 

 their cultivation, has given satisfactory results: 



THEREFORE RESOLVED, that this Convention would 

 urge the governments, both federal and provincial, to take steps 

 to encourage, as far as possible, both by instruction and by 

 giving facilities for obtaining nursery stock suitable for afToresta- 

 tion, a more general interest in tree planting, especially on such 

 lands as are at present unfit for ordinary agricultural purposes, 

 and we would further urge the Dominion Government to make. 



