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subject. Talks on fire fighting and precautions against fire; on economical 

 methods of cutting and logging; the building of roads, bridges and dams; 

 the value of forest cover in regulating stream flow; the advantage of trees 

 to the farm, methods of raising trees from seed and planting them at the 

 least cost; how to combat the diseases of trees; with some practical instruc- 

 tions in Forest Mensuration methods, how thinnings should be made, etc., 

 could surely be arranged for. A course of a month or six weeks in each sec- 

 tion would arouse in our people an intelligent interest in the management of 

 our forest and woodlands and enable them to realize the real value of this 

 national asset and the tremendous importance of conserving it for all time 

 to come. 



I also think that each province should have the whole of its wooded area 

 gone over by persons properly qualified to run survey lines between each 

 block; to correctly map the lakes, rivers, creeks, ridges, roads and other 

 topographical features, to prepare plans showing the kind and quantity of 

 timber on each block ; to report upon the nature of the soil ; and to state what 

 lands are suitable for farming and what should be rrtained for timber growth. 

 They might also report what blocks will never produce large timber and 

 where the thinning out of the timber would be an advantage. For this 

 work I would suggest that our University forestry students and their pro- 

 fessors be employed during the holiday season and that they have associated 

 with them Crown Land Surveyors, practical lumbermen and land cruisers. 

 I would also suggest that a geologist and mineralogist accompany each party, 

 as I am sure that they would gather information of inestimable value to 

 the several provinces. 



All over this country we have minerals waiting to be discovered, as for 

 example, your 'Cobalt region in Ontario and a mountain of iron in New 

 Brunswick that might have been a source of wealth years ago and was finally 

 discovered only by the merest accident. 



Both the Federal and Provincial Governments should be urged to enact 

 more strigent laws regarding the setting of forest fires and to appoint per- 

 manent fire guardians. In my opinion; a fire guardian should be kept on 

 every ten miles square (i.e., on every 100 square miles) and no person should 

 ^ be allowed to go upon the public domain without a permit obtained from 

 ihe nearest head fire warden. In this way the wardens would be in touch 

 with every one who entered the woods. 



At the head waters of all the principal streams there should be forest 

 reserves for the regulation of the water supply and fish ways should be 

 maintained to enable the finny tribes to reach their spawning grounds and 

 perpetuate their species. Where possible, information should be obtained 

 regarding the water flow of the streams at different seasons and the probable 

 all year horse power that may be used for industrial purposes. 



