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part of the tree to lie in a great big bunch with the branches all on 

 it, which just means a temptation for a big forest fire, and a great 

 waste of lumber. By taking say a certain section each year of 

 1,000 acres or more and thinning out the big trees, and cutting 

 over the whole forest in this way, systematically, as we do in 

 Sweden, the result is that in 20 years the forest that has previous- 

 ly been cut over and which has had the light let into it, is in a 

 better condition than ever. 



The big Swedish sawmill owners, as a rule, own suflficient 

 forests to feed their mills for the future by cutting only what they 

 estimate to be the yearly growth, and by going through the 

 forest systematically section by section every 20 years or so and 

 thinning out the big trees only in such a careful way that the 

 forest is not destroyed and that fire is not encouraged. If the 

 same system could be adopted in Canada it would be a great 

 future boon to the country. 



Norway and Sweden have practically for the past fifty to 

 sixty years supplied the world with lumber, but now their forests 

 are practically exhausted and their production will go down 

 rapidly in the future, and the demand upon Canadian forests, both 

 for Great Britain and the United States, will, in the future, be 

 greater than ever. No system has been adopted by the Canad- 

 ians of protecting and replenishing their forests for the future, 

 and the result will be that the Canadian forests in ten or fifteen 

 years will be entirely depleted and exhausted, unless the Govern- 

 ment immediately wakens up. 



That Newfoundland is becoming interested in the preserva- 

 tion of her forests is shown by the following extract from the 

 speech from the throne delivered recently : 



"Fully apprehending the importance of otxr forest's wealth 

 and its relation to the fisheries and other industries, my ministers 

 have decided to create additional forest reserves, and while 

 permitting legitimate lumbering operations in such localities as 

 may seem expedient, to prevent the erection of sawmills upon 

 such lands as are reserved in the public interest. A Bill dealing 

 with this matter will be submitted for your consideration." 



