Canadian Forcslrii Journal. Januarji. 19hS 



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large quantities arc shipped lo the 

 cities where the seed is roasted and 

 sold on the street. The similar seed 

 of the Parry pine and the large Digger 

 pine seeds are eagerly sought by the 

 Indians. The latter tree is said to 



have gained its name from its use as a 

 food by the Digger Indians. The 

 seeds of the long leaf pine arc edible 

 and are improved by roasting. In- 

 deed, it may be said that most nuts 

 are more digesti!)le wiien roasted than 

 if eaten raw. 



Immigration After The War 



By \V. F. Burditt, 

 Chairman, Town Planning Commission, St. John, X. !^. 



As to preparation for immigration, 

 one of the first needs is a thorough 

 survey of all government lands avail- 

 able for settlement. A survey that 

 shall take account of the physical 

 characteristics of the country, the 

 quality of the soil, water supply, 

 laying out of farms of such size and 

 shape and in such a way as to conduce 

 to economical operation, laying out of 

 roads with a view to economical 

 transportation, etc., so as to ensure 

 that the man who goes into the 

 wilderness to carve out a farm will be 



ultimately rewarded for his labour, 

 and will not find that he had been 

 located on some barren rocky ridge 

 that might have been more profitably 

 devoted" for all tine to the growing of 

 timber. Through the lack of such 

 preparation in days gone by, there 

 arc hundreds of farms in New Bruns- 

 wick at the present day upon which 

 the owners, by laborious toil, are 

 scratching out a bare subsistence, and 

 which would yield a better i)rofU if 

 devoted wholly to the production of 

 spruce timber. 



Can Forests Be Planted At a Profit? 



Ellwood Wilson Before St. Andrew's Literary Club, Montreal 



"Let us make a little calculation. 

 If we hold our virgin timber for sixty 

 years at the present rate of ground 

 rent, which by the way is likely to be 

 raised in 1920 and every ten years 

 thereafter^ and allow 4 per cent, 

 compound interest, and at the end of 

 that period cut six cords per acre 

 which is a fair average, our wood will 

 cost 31 cts. per cord on the stump. 

 If we hold our cut over lands for 

 sixty years and cut three cords, 

 interest charged at the same rate our 

 w^ood will cost 61 cents per cord. 

 Now if we plant at a cost of ten dollars 

 per acre, and pay taxes for sixty 

 years, interest compounded at 4 per 

 cent, and at the end of the period cut 

 fifty cords to the acre which is a 

 conservative figure, our wood will 



only cost us 21 cents per cord. Our 

 logging costs will be much cheaper 

 as will also our fire protection and 

 administrative expense. From a 

 purely business standpoint, reforesta- 

 tion is a sound proposition." 



C. F. A. IN NEW OFFICES 



44ie Canadian Forestry Associa- 

 tion now occupies new and improved 

 offices at 200-7 Booth Building. The 

 growth of the Association's work also 

 made necessary an increase in staff. 

 Both questions were discussed at a 

 special meeting of Directors at Ot- 

 tawa on January 5th, at which Hon. 

 Sydney Fisher, President^ Mr. A. S. 

 Goodeve, Mr. R. H. Campbell and 

 Mr. Clyde Leavitt were present. 



