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Money in the Maple Bush 



B\ Tin-: Kditoh 



II has often been said that I he 

 forest represents more services to 

 human kind than ahiiost any other 

 national possession. To the minds of 

 the majority, kmiber and pulp wood 

 are the sole associations of a produc- 

 tive forest. The wider one's observa- 

 tion becomes, the more clearly it is 

 seen that lumber and pulp wood are 

 just two of the thousand-and-one 

 dividends paid by a timberland, al- 

 beit, they produce more profits to the 

 country than other forest activities 

 combined. 



55,000 in the Sugar Trade 



Although most Canadians are to a 

 moderate extent consume-rs of maple 

 sugar and its products, it is seldom 

 realized what a valuable source of 

 revenue lies in this annual use of 

 maple woods. The Dominion has 

 toda\- 55,000 sugar-making plants 



and in H)l(i i)r()duced 19,()00.()00 

 pounds of maple sugar, worili about 

 81,500,000. Quebec alone has more 

 than o5,()00 sugar making plants, 

 20,000 others being shared by Ontario 

 and Nexr Brunswick. Only in recent 

 years has the plan of co-operative 

 effort come to the rescue of this most 

 important industry and today :uich 

 an organization as the Pure Maple 

 Sugar and Syrup Co-operative Agri- 

 cultural Association in Quebec, is 

 doing most valuable educational 

 work, which witii tlie aid of other co- 

 operative bodies, ought to be able to 

 double or treble the income derived 

 by farmers through maple sugar 

 manufacture. Mr. J. H. Crimm. the 

 well known Montreal manufacturer, 

 stated recently that if the waste of 

 sap could be saved and the quality 

 improved, the farmers of Eastern 

 Cauda might just as well ' secure 



BOILING DOWN THE SAP IN A MODERN QUEBEC SUGAR CAMP 



