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the prairie which was once noted for 

 its blizzards. In the distrcits near 

 Edmonton this would not apply as 

 much as it does to those settlements 

 where there are no trees except those 

 planted by the settler. In many 

 districts to the north and west of 

 Edmonton the trouble of the pioneer 

 homesteader was to get rid of the 

 natural growth of trees. But now 

 that the native brush is being cleared 

 off, the settlers of the Edmonton 

 district are frequently turning their 

 attention to the planting of shelter 

 belts around their farm buildings. 

 With the satisfactory supply of mois- 

 ture found here, there is little or no 

 difTiculty found in growing these trees. 



Another Plantation Started 

 The forestry department have on 

 their farm at Indian Head a planta- 

 tion of 480 acres devoted to the culti- 

 vation of trees and demonstration 

 plots. Owing to the increase of 

 applications in recent years, and to 

 supply the demands of a large area, 

 another plantation of 320 acres has 

 been started at Sutherland, Saskatch- 

 ewan, and sown with seed that will 

 in due time produce a crop of trees. 

 These tree plantations are under the 

 supervision of Norman Ross, chief 

 of the Tree Planting division of the 

 Forestry Department, with head- 

 quarters at Indian Head. To him 

 all applications for trees should be 

 made. 



The trees are supplied for planting 

 on the farms only, and must not be 

 planted in towns or cities. Those 

 wishing to plant trees in 1919 must 

 have their applications in before 

 March, 1918. The ground on which 

 the trees are to be planted must be 

 summer-fallowed the year previous to 

 planting, and a satisfactory report is 

 received by the department from their 

 own inspector before the trees are 

 sent out. 



A WOODLOT'S FINE RECORD 



(By the Editor of the ''Weekly Sun" 

 Toronto) 

 After a somewhat strenuous day in 

 picking plums and tomatoes, I took 

 a stroll in th*e early afternoon out to 

 the plantation of young pines at the 

 rear of the farm. This was the first 

 time I had seen the trees at close 

 range since last spring, and I was 

 simply amazed at their growth since 

 planting, and particularly during the 

 past summer. The trees, no bigger 

 than young tomato plants when set 

 out five years ago, now have an aver- 

 age height of around six feet, many 

 of them being eight feet or better. 

 They were planted about four or five 

 feet apart, and practically all the 

 grouncl occupied is now shaded by a 

 vigorous grow^th. In some places the 

 limbs are so intertwined that it is a 

 matter of difTiculty to force one's way 

 between the rows. So few oi the 

 trees died at the start that the loss is 

 hardly noticeable, and I did not find 

 more than three weak ones among the 

 thousands that remain. The planta- 

 tion covers a three-cornered hillside 

 at one end of the farm, and is pro- 

 tected by line fences on tw^o sides and 

 a wire fence, separating the woodlot 

 from a permanent pasture, on the 

 third side. There is no part of the 

 place which gives greater satisfaction 

 than the woodlot on the hill, with 

 the silver stream winding through the 

 always green pasture below. 



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FORESTRY PROFESSOR IN 

 FRANCE 



Prof. \V. N. Millar, recently of the 

 Faculty of Forestry, Toronto Uni- 

 versity, is now^ in France as Captain 

 of Company A, 10th Engineers. His 

 company is engaged in preparing ma- 

 terials for docks, warehouses, rail- 

 roads and cantonments for the Am- 

 erican troops and the order calls for 

 140,000,000 feet ^B. M. of materials 

 of all kinds. 



The smallest type of mill to be 

 used will be capable of cutting 5,000 

 to 6,000 feet. It is claimed that 

 these little shavers can be set in ten 

 minutes and changed in twenty min- 

 utes. They wdll follow^ the cutting. 



