of thousands o ? acres of grove and forest trees of a variety of which 

 every Canadian is proud. To vastly too great an extent the majestic 

 maple has been cut away for the fire place and the factory until, in many 

 districts, once clothed with maple forest, there remains only a small 

 number of roadside trees bearing the Canadian emblem. It could not 

 be expected that the forest could be preserved on prime farming land, 

 but there would seem to be little excuse for denuding great stretches of 

 maple-clothed rocky soil, that when cleared is deprived of usefulness. 

 A maple grove or forest is for its lumber and fuel, an asset rapidly increas- 

 ing in value and when to these products there is added an annual crop 

 of sugar of such fine quality as to constitute a luxury, it may fittingly be 

 designated an orchard. When a maple grove merits, as that of no other 

 forest tree can, the designation "orchard", it will have reached a plane 

 on which it may rest with comparative safety. It would seem to be 

 a duty, that might be regarded as a privilege, on the part of legislators, 

 farmers, and all other classes of the community to do what they can to 

 protect and otherwise encourage the maple sugar industry. 



The future of the sugar maker seems bright with hope if he will but 

 attach to his work that dignity which rightly belongs to it. Pure and 

 fine products of the maple tree hold an enviable position among luxuries 

 in the homes of well-to-do people, and will continue to increase in value. 

 To secure the benefit of this advance the grower requires not only to 

 furnish his plant with modern equipment, but he must exercise the ut- 

 most care, as does the maker of choice butter, in every stage of the pro- 

 cess of manufacture. In doing this let him remember that he is one of 

 a body of more than fifty thousand Canadian sugar makers that are 

 aiming at the same goal the saving of a threatened industry, and he 

 will accomplish much, not only for himself, but for succeeding genera- 

 tions. In this, as in all great enterprises, there is strength in union. 

 The newly formed Pure Maple Sugar and Syrup Co-operative Farmers' 

 Association has an important work before it. Its interests are those of 

 every farmer who taps a tree. Let him recognize this and give the 

 organization his sympathy and support. 



