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Canadian Forestry Journal, March, 1914- 



Seotia, upou whose invitation the 

 Convention is being held this year, 

 and the lumbermen of that province. 

 Mr. F. C. Whitman of Annapolis 

 Royal, N.S., the Vice-President who 

 is giving a great deal of time to this 

 Convention, w^as present and explain- 

 ed what had been done to date. Mr. 

 Whitman's efforts were much appre- 

 ciated, and this appreciation was voic- 

 ed by Hon. Mr. Charlton. After the 

 cjuestion had been fully discussed, on 

 motion of Senator Edwards, seconded 

 by Mr. Denis Murphy, the date was 

 fixed for September 2, 3 and 4, and 

 other necessary matters settled. The 

 attendance and spirit of this meeting 

 augurs well for the success of the 

 Halifax Convention. 



In the Maritime Provinces. 



As soon as possible after the An- 

 nual Meeting the Secretary went to 

 Halifax, where he met Mr. F. C. 

 Whitman, the Vice-President, and 

 with him called upon Hon. 0. T. Dan- 

 iels, Attorney General and Commis- 

 sioner of Crown Lands, and a num- 

 ber of leading citizens, and discussed 

 the details of the Convention. These 

 consultations were very satisfactory, 

 and showed that there is a real desire 

 on the part of a large section of the 

 people of Nova Scotia for this Con- 

 vention. It is fortunate that the best 

 time of the year for the timber land 

 owners to come to Halifax is also the 

 most satisfactory time for people 

 from Central and Western Canada to 

 visit the Atlantic Coast. About half 

 the timber of Nova Scotia is owned 

 outright by farmers, whose holdings 

 run from 200 acres to 1,000 acres in 

 extent, probably averaging about 450 

 acres. Much of this has been cut over, 

 and the owners are anxious to know 

 how to handle these lands, in order 

 to get the best results from their re- 

 maining forest, and to promote the 

 young growth. 



The lumbermen who own the other 

 half, roughly speaking, of the timber 

 in comparatively large blocks, are nat- 

 urally keenly interested. They hold 



their lands generally in fee simple, 

 and can therefore adopt at once any 

 methods that appeal to them. That 

 the Government is interested in this 

 subject both as it relates to Crown 

 lands, and to forest lands generally 

 is shown by the fact that detailed 

 reference to this subject was made in 

 the speech from the throne at the 

 opening of the Legislature, in Feb- 

 ruary of this year. 



On the return journey to Ottawa, 

 the Secretary spent some time at St. 

 John and Fredericton, N.B., and 

 found that the interest in forest con- 

 servation, which the Fredericton Con- 

 vention of 1910 helped to arouse, has 

 by no means died away, but that for- 

 estry matters in New Brunswick are 

 more forward, than they have ever 

 been before. 



Tree Planting in Ontario. 



On another page will be found the 

 report of an address by Mr. E. J. 

 Zavitz, Provincial Forester of On- 

 tario, explaining what has been done 

 in tree planting by farmers in the 

 older part of the province. As yet, 

 tree planting is a very small part of 

 forest work in Canada, yet in its own 

 sphere it is most important. Much of 

 the land of southern Ontario is unfit 

 for anything else but trees, and if this 

 land is not growing trees it repre- 

 sents a sheer loss to the community. 

 Besides this there is the relation of 

 the forests on these lands to stream 

 flow, and agriculture. As Mr. Zavitz 

 explains, the idea grows slowly, but as 

 some of the older plantations have 

 been set out for five or six years and 

 are beginning to make a showing, 

 there is every reason to believe pro- 

 gress will be much faster from this 

 time onward. Tree planting on the 

 prairies under the direction of the 

 Dominion Forestry Branch has reach- 

 ed large proportions, and while it is 

 natural to expect slower progress in 

 the wooded provinces of Ontario and 

 Quebec, yet in a few years it is bound 

 to grow to large proportions in these 

 provinces also. 



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