Cnnadinn Forestry Journal, January, J9J7 



925 



1,000 NEW MEMBERS JOINED IN 1916 



Successful Ending to Twelve-Months* Effort in Building up 

 Strength of the Canadian Forestry Association 



The goal of 1000 new members for 

 the Canadian Forestry Association 

 in the twelve months of 1916 has been 

 reached. 



After a membership campaign car- 

 ried on by the office of the Associa- 

 tion during the year, stimulated from 

 time to time by special appeals to the 

 old members, the final fifty of the 

 thousand arrived after the month of 

 December had come perilously near 

 its close. 



The total membership is now 4350, 

 which represents an increase of 50 

 per cent, during the last two years. 

 The period in which this growth has 

 taken place has been most unpro- 

 pitious to the development of any 

 society or movement not directly 

 linked to the War. The promise of 

 a much greater development after 

 the declaration of peace is, therefore, 

 very encouraging. 



The distribution of the member- 

 ship is approximately as follows: 

 Ontario 1300; Quebec 800; Prairie 

 Provinces 900; British Columbia 500; 

 New Brunswick and Nova Scotia 500; 

 United States and British Dominions 

 300. There are also 200 newspaper 

 editors who are Special Members of 

 the Association, not being subject to 

 fees. The increase in membership, 

 as noted, does not, of course, take 

 account of any but paying members. 

 The Association also sends packets 

 of free copies of the Journal to Mili- 

 tary Hospitals, Convalescent Homes, 

 reading camps in the woods, camps 

 of the forestry battalions etc., and 

 to many prospective members thus 

 bringing the total circulation of the 

 monthly to 4700 copies. 



While the great majority of mem- 

 bers have no business connection 

 with forests or forest industries and 

 are giving their support solely from 



motives of good citizenship and a 

 personal interest in the beauty and 

 utility of flourishing woodlands from 

 the standpoint of camper, fisherman, 

 hunter, etc., it has been a gratifying 

 circumstance that during 1916 a large 

 number of lumber, and pulp and paper 

 firms, their officials and senior em- 

 ployees, became linked to the Fores- 

 try Association. Their assurances of 

 interest in the work have been most 

 hearty. 



The loss in old members during 

 1916 was notably small. There were 

 some cancellations of membership by 

 death, a few by change of residence 

 and inability of postal authorities to 

 learn the new address, but fewer than 

 fifteen in a total of over 4000 have 

 voluntarily resigned. 



It is intended that the Canadian 

 Forestry Journal which has developed 

 during the past eighteen months from 

 16 to 48 pages shall be further en- 

 larged and much improved in point 

 of appearance and contents. 



To the many members who have 

 given the Association splendid sup- 

 port in developing our numerical 

 strength the Secretary wishes to ex- 

 press his hearty thanks. 



400 Acres Planted. 



Director of Forestry R. H. Camp- 

 bell recently visited the Laurentide 

 Company, Limited, plantations at 

 Grand'mere, Quebec. There are about 

 400 acres of plantations all the way 

 from one year to four years old. 

 These consist of Norway Spruce and 

 Scotch Pine in mixture; Scotch Pine; 

 White Pine, and Norway Pine in mix- 

 ture; and Norway Spruce in pure 

 stand. The Norway Spruce has also 

 been planted in the open under- the 

 shelter of White Birch and Poplar, 



