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Canadian Forestry Journal, July, 1918 



For Every Acre a Proper Crop 



Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson, Governor-General of Australia. 



"One of the considerations which I 

 venture to submit is the need for the 

 allocation of land for agricullure upon 

 the one hand and silviculUire on the 

 other. I have seen in some States 

 great destruclion wrought by in- 

 dividual pioneers who did not always 

 make a success of their undertakings, 

 and I have seen aoandoned holdings 

 in the middle of destroyed forests — 

 which, in their way, had been perfect 

 of their kind. \\'hatever land is 

 suitable for agriculture should be kept 



for agriculture, and where it is suit- 

 able for forestry, and not for agri- 

 c.ilture, then it should be Kept for 

 forestry. That can only be done by 

 survey, and after the survey, then 

 classification, and then will come the 

 question of forest reserves and the 

 establishment of areas suitable for 

 forestry as permanent reserves, and 

 the issue of regulations sufficient to 

 insure and preserve the safety of 

 these reserves." 



New Settlers Must Take Out Permits 



in West 



According to an important order-in- 

 council passed by the Dominion 

 ■Government on May 7, 1918, all 

 persons taking up a homestead on 

 Dominion lands in a wooded district 

 (outlined in the order-in-council) or 

 within six miles of a forest reserve 

 or timber berth must take out a per 

 mit from a forest ranger before setting 

 lire to clear land. 



Manitoba and Saskatchewan Gov- 

 ernments have already applied a 

 similar provision to all settlers under 

 provincial jurisdiction so that the 

 Dominion order-in-council will blan- 

 ket all settlers now on patented lands 

 or who may take up lands in the 

 future. Alberta has yet no law en- 

 forcing the permit plan on owners of 

 homesteads: the Dominion measure 

 will affect only those who may take 

 up lands in future. 



926 PAPERS SUSPENDED 



In the investigation before the 

 h'ederal Trade Commission in the 

 United States the statement was 

 made that in 1917 no fewer than 926 

 newsrapers in the I'nited States and 

 Canada si'spendod oublication while 



250 others were eliminated by con- 

 solidation. 



FORESTRY BOARD COMPLETE 



Archibald Fraser, of Fredericton, 

 has been appointed by the Minister 

 of Lands and Mines, representative of 

 the private timber land owners upon 

 the Forest Commission which is to 

 have charge of the crown lands of 

 New Brunswick, under the legislation 

 passed at the last session of the Leg- 

 islature. The other members are: 

 Hon. E. A. Smith, Lt. Col. T. G. 

 Loggie, Deputy Minister of Lands 

 and Mines; G. H. Prince, Chief For- 

 ester; D. J. Buckley, representative of 

 the holders of timber licenses. 



The Abitibi Power and Paper Co., of 

 Iroquois Falls, Ont., is now turning 

 out daily about 425 tons of paper and 

 pulp all told but after the war when 

 additional paper making machines 

 are installed, the output of newsprint 

 alone will be about four hundred and 

 fifty tons, making the largest produc- 

 tion under one roof of any paper 

 company in the world. 



