Les Hftfiges du liouleau d I'apirr. 



63 



Nous ajouteroiis unv recoree <lu 

 bouleau a papier pent servir a des 

 fins aivliitfctui-alt'S dans la di'-coj-a- 

 tioii di's villi's. On en lait dfs j)a- 

 uiers pour niettre les jilanles. L\^- 

 coree de Ixiulfaii a papier est beau- 

 coup employee ])our ])Ostales. 



Les (.leeliets. eoiiinie les eroutes. 

 peuvent etre utilises pour la fabrica- 

 tion de I'aleool de bois et de I'acide 

 aceliijue. 



A St-Ignace du X()niinin«rut'. .M. 

 Lacaille. un industriel ingenieux, que 

 nuinufaeture des bois de placage 

 (veneer), eniploi le bois de cu'ur. pour 

 faire des poteau.x dr chjture (en les 

 creosotant. on prolonge Ifur duree). 

 II s'est servi de ces bois de cceur. an 

 prealable debites en deux ]>ai-ties. dt> 

 forme iilenti(]Ue et de mrMiie volume. 

 cote plat et face rebondie. pour d«''- 

 corer la residence d'ete i|u'il s'est 

 construito sur les liords du lac No- 



miningue. 



C'omme on voit, il y a uu inunense 



parti a tiiir du bouleau a |»?ii>i»»r. 



tant tie son ImjIh, que de son 



ft nn"'im' de ses feiiillcs qui, d .ipii« 



(lirai'd. piuviiit servir cfiiiiini- four-. 



rage. 



11 serait a souhaiter que nos iiulus- 

 ti-i»'ls clierelient a uliliwr O'S f»ro. 

 prit'trs. Nos fci-miei-H surtout de- 

 vraient. diii'ant les longs nioin (I'in- 

 action, a I'instar de leur« confrrn-H 

 d'l'hirope, rcchi-rchcr a protiti-r ilrs 

 qualilt's qui rt-ndent If iMjuUau pro- 

 I)re a uuf foide d'usiigcs et tr^ va- 

 ries. developj)er la petite indiistri*- du 

 bois. (|ui flonne dt-s revenus si con- 

 sidt'-ralilis ;iux pauvn-s jtaysans d«*}j 

 Flandres, du Jura, des X'osges. IjC 

 Service Forestier, lorsqu'il srra niieux 

 organise, s't'lTorct-ra dr rfpandn- ces 

 idt'-fs dans la population rn rxhibi- 

 taiit. jors des expositions n'-gionaien, 

 i|Ui'lques-uns de ees produitM. en don- 

 nant des conferenres. en divulgunnt 

 par la pres.se. drs bulletins. ct<'., ces 

 eonnai.s.sances. 



Quebec Province Starts Forest Planting. 



The planting up of the wa.ste .sand 

 lands at Lachute, P.Q.. has been ac- 

 tively taken up this year by tin- pro- 

 vincial government, and dui'iug tin- 

 first two weeks of May the stu«lenfs 

 of the graduating cla.ss of the fores- 

 try .s<'hool of Laval Tniversity Wfie 

 engaged in the work of plan'ing i 

 portion of the area known as tin- .\i 

 genteuil Sand Hill. The work was 

 done undt-r the direction of Mr. (i. 

 C. Piehr. .M.F., direct(u- of the for- 

 estry school and chief forestry en- 

 gineer of the Depai-tmcnt of Lamls 

 and Forests of the province. 



On .May 10 a repre.seiitative of the 

 Fonstry Journal visited the scene 

 of the planting, and was eourieously 

 Bhi>wu around l»y the stjjdent point- 

 ers. 



Lachute is a town of some 2.000 

 inhabitants, situated on the north 

 shore of the Ottawa, and on the North 

 Shore line of the (MMi. from Ottawa 



to .Montreal. It is distant some 44 

 miles from .Montreal and Tfi from Ot- 

 tawa. In the neighlM>rh«M»d "'* '' e 

 town are three an-as when- li 

 sand has covered the In^tter s<iil and 

 threatens, by its further <!• ' to 



iM-eome a nu'ii." •• '" ;'L"i' 'o 



its vicinity. 



The largest ot thc.s««. on whu-h the 

 jdanting is In-ing doin-. « ■ 

 arcji ot" some oni* thou.s;i>i.1 

 is about four miles in 

 varies in width The p 

 on which i' 



almiit four 



Much, if not all. i>' 



ered bv it was oi 



old resident of t' 



ed to the wrjt< r ' 



lion ago the d 



several vears in *» 



pi; - **• - ' 



I"- 



and it was so«>n 



