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Canadian Forestry Journal, July, 1917 



Fertile Farms and Run-down Forests 



That the great plateaus at the ends of 

 the Nottawasaga Valley in Ontario 

 vividly illustrate the crazy policy of 

 stripping forest lands and leaving their 

 rehabilitation to chance, is one of the 

 conclusions reached by "Ahmik" in 

 the Toronto Globe in the course of a 

 colorful, well-written article. 



Ahmik describes the great beauty 

 of the valley and the prosperity of the 

 farms and then — 



"But all is not as it should be even 

 here. The plateau at the southern 

 end of the Great Saucer is, in large 

 part, a mass of sand. The elevations 

 at the northern end. in form like the 

 waves of the Atlantic, are also of 

 sand. At one time dense forests of 

 pine covered both the northern and 

 southern rims of the Great Saucer 

 Years ago, however, the mature, trees 

 were stripped to the last stick, the 

 young growth was destroyed by hre, 

 and great stretches of sand, unfit for 

 agricultural purposes, were left al- 

 most wholly barren. Had these areas 

 been treated with intelligence the 

 forest growth would have been 

 made a source of permanent income 

 and the bush would have given to the 

 valley an even greater measure of 

 protection than is enjoyed now. By 

 the removal of the forest vast 

 stretches of sand have been exposed 

 tliat even now are a menace to the 

 rich lands of the valley and will be a 

 steadily growing menace with each 

 passing year. 



Nature Needs Assistance 

 Nature is endeavoring to prevent 

 the full measure of evil for which 

 man's folly has prepared the way. 

 Here and there on the southern 

 plateau seedling pines have sprung up. 

 On the sand dunes at the north, which 

 by one of those strange freaks in 

 nomenclature are called the "Huckle- 

 berry Plains," seedling pines are more 

 numerous still. If these areas were 

 merely enclosed, and fires kept out, 

 Nature would ere many years re- 

 clothe the barren places with timber. 

 The process could be much hastened 



by judicious planting. But what is 

 really happening? In one section, 

 timbered over a generation ago, a sec- 



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