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plantation and in lh€ capture of the 

 speckled beauties. I'irook trout have 

 frequently been caught in this pre- 

 serve weighing four-and-one-half 



pounds, the average being one to two 

 and one half pounds. Mr. Prankish 

 has been associated with this charm- 

 ing spot for the last 60 years. 



SILOAM TROUT PRESERVE AND PLANTATION— VIEW OF SOME OF THE PLANTATION. 



Common Sense on Xmas Trees 





In connection with the waste re- 

 sulting from the annual cutting of 

 small evergreens in the Christmas 

 tree trade, as discussed in the January 

 Forestry Journal, the sentimentally 

 dressed but practical remarks of Bris- 

 tow Adams are noteworthy. With 

 reference to Canadian conditions it 

 may be said that the loss caused in 

 this way is but a small drop in the 

 bucket compared with the annual 

 preventable fire loss. Wasteful log- 

 ging methods also account for a great- 

 er loss than that due to Christmas 

 tree cutting. 



In response to the Journal's call 

 for further expression, the following 

 might be suggested. It has been 

 observed frequently that a large num- 

 ber of trees reaching the Christmas 

 market both in Canada and the 

 United States, are black spruce. In- 



sofar as these trees were cut from bog 

 lands the loss of future timber value 

 is insignificant. Canada has many 

 millions of acres of muskeg covered 

 by black spruce that will never make 

 anything else but Christmas trees. 

 Such, in suitable form and size, are 

 readily obtainable in unlimited num- 

 bers. Large areas of muskeg are now 

 contiguous to railroads. Being frozen 

 at the time of the Christmas tree 

 harvest, they are easily accessible. 

 Far from the necessity of suppressing 

 this trade, it might thus be developed 

 into a profitable industry. 



The procedure is simple. Let for- 

 est officers direct the cutting of Christ- 

 mas trees. In general, let this be 

 confined to the miiskeg. In some 

 cases valuable young stands else- 

 where might be thinned to advantage. 

 In pulpwood operations, many tops 

 of the smaller trees cut might be 



