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factor in which we believe the north 

 has the advantage. The matter 

 therefore stands thus: the southern 

 part of the province has few trees 

 and a Ught harvest, the northern 

 portion more trees and a heavier 

 harvest. If then we are right in 

 drawing cdincli sions from this it 

 would certainly be a good investment 

 to carry out the suggestion of Dr. 

 Andrews to plant every road in the 

 province with trees. 



DtiHng the present summer, large 

 numbers of farmers have lost their 

 crops through the drifting of the 

 soil, due to want of protection from 

 the winds. These dry up the mois- 

 ture and uncover the roots of the 

 crops, which then are in danger of 

 being burned up by the rays of the 

 sun.^ On the other hand, trees at- 

 tract moisture and protect the fields, 

 and may therefore have an enormous 

 effect in a dry summer such as the 

 present. If the land is protected by 

 trees it will warm up earlier in the 



day, and will stay warm longer at 

 nights and the moisture in the soils 

 would not, as now, be blown miles 

 away. The trees would also pro- 

 tect the fields from snow in winter, 

 and would thus facilitate spring 

 plowing by enabling farmers to get 

 earlier on the land. 



From an aesthetic point of view, 

 the matter is of the utmost importance 

 One of the first things that strikes 

 a person out from the old land is the 

 bareness of the prairies. What an 

 enormous effect it would have on 

 the appearance of the country if 

 well planted, and how grateful would 

 be the protection from the rays of the 

 sun. 



It has to be confessed that a vast 

 number of our people look more on 

 the material side than on the aes- 

 thetic, and to these the prospect of 

 abetter crops will surely appeal. 

 From whatever side we may view 

 the question, however, the planting 

 of trees must be an immense advan- 

 tage. 



