(Ainailian Forestry Journal, September, 191S 



1869 



Crowds Visit C. F. A. Exhibition Car 



Travelling Advertisement for Forest Protection 

 Meets with Continuous Success in Eastern Canada. 



The Travelling Exhibition Car of 

 the Canadian Forestn,- Association 

 has met with great success during 

 the first thirty days of its Eastern 

 tour. The ec{uipment of the car 

 includes a handsome four-foot model 

 of a Canadian aeroplane, a wireless 

 set in daily operation, a number 

 of forest telephones, two models of 

 lookout towers, a heliograph, two 

 cabinets of process exhibits showing 

 the raw materials and finished pro- 

 ducts of paper and other manufactures, 

 exhibits of unusual wood fibre pro- 

 ducts such as carpel, lloor rugs, 

 waterproof wrappings, twines, sub- 

 stitute for iron pipe, cellulose pro- 

 ducts and paper bandages, scores of 

 photographs on the walls, a small 

 forest nursery. 



In addition, there will be added at 

 Edmundston for the New Brunswick 

 and Nova Scotia and Central Quebec 

 nins, an automatic lantern slide 

 projector showing thirty instructive 

 pictures in rotation; as well as a fire 

 fighting pump and an "Erosion Mod- 

 el." The latter is quite a spectac- 

 ular piece of construction, 4ft. by 4 ft. 

 with two mountains modelled in 

 cement and earth. One mountain 

 is well forested, while the other has 

 been denuded. An artificial shower 

 of rain falls on both hillsides. It is 

 caught and retained by the forested 

 hill and delivered evenly to a rippling 

 river. On the deforested hill, how- 

 ever, erosion sets in, the land in the 

 valley is covered with boulders and 

 sand, bridges washed out, and agri- 

 cultural possibilities ruined. 



During the run through Northern 

 Ontario, Mr. Robson Black, Secre- 

 tary of the Canadian Forestiy Asso- 

 ciation, remained with the car ex- 

 plaining the work of forest jirotection 

 and the need for public co-operation 

 with the fire rangers. In the even- 

 ing, a motion picture lecture was 



given. Following are typical records 

 of attendance. 



Braeside, Ont: 350 visited Car; 

 250 at evening lecture. 



Mattawa, Ont.: 250 visited Car; 

 300 at evening lecture. 



Temiskaming, P.Q.: 500 visited 

 Car; 400 at evening lecture. 



Timmins, Ont.: 550 visited Car; 

 300 at evening lecture. 



Cochrane, Ont.: 700 visited Car; 

 400 at evening lecture. 



At Cochrane, Ont., Mr. Victor Bail- 

 large, of the Quebec Forest Service, 

 was deputed, by courtesy of the 

 Quebec Forest Service, to accompany 

 the Car through Quebec as far as 

 Edmundston, N.B., Mr. Baillairge 

 made stops at La Reine, La Sarre, 

 Makamik, O'Brien, Amos, Doucet, 

 Parent, La Tuque, Quebec City, 

 Rosaire, St. Euphemie, River Manie, 

 Sully, and Glendyne. On the return 

 journey points along the Temiscou- 

 ata Railway in Quebec, the Quebec 

 and Lake St. John Railway and 

 other districts will be visited. 



The New Brunswick run will take 

 about fifteen days, the Exhibition 

 Car entering Nova Scotia on about 

 October 3rd. 



Large quantities of special liter- 

 ature have been placed on the car, 

 such as two editions of "Le bulletin 

 des forets," "The Child's Book of the 

 Forests," "The Forests of Canada in 

 Peace and War" and other propag- 

 andist publications. 



STATE OWNERSHIP GAINING 



"If we are obliged to regulate very 

 far private property in the interest 

 of conservation, we have a strong 

 ground for public property; as illus- 

 trated in the case of forests, and in 

 this case, public ownership is the 

 world over, gradually gaining on 

 private ownership." — ''Foundations of 

 National Prosperity.'' 



