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Canadian forestry journal 



Vol. X. 



Ottawa, C \ v ^ r- \ , J ax u ary . 1 ^ M 1 



CANADIAN FORESTRY JOURNAL. 



Published monthly by the 



Canadian Forkstry Associatio\, 



Canadian Building, 



Ottawa, Canada. 



Devoted to the cause of forest conservation. 



Subscription $1 per year. 



Advertising Rates on Application. 



CONTENTS: Page. 



Editorial 1 



Mr. Aubrey White, C.M.G i' 



Modern Maple Grove 3 



Commission of Conservation 7 



Dominion Forestry Branch 11 



With the Forest Engineers Ko 



Prairie Bluffs la 



Ottawa River Conservation 14 



Tree Seed Notes U 



CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



Patron, H. R. H. the Governor General. 



Honorary Pres., Rt. Hon. R. L. Borden. 



Honorary Past Pres., Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Lacrieh. 



President, Hon. W. A. Charlton. 



Vice-President, Wm. Power, M. P. 



Secretary, Jas. Lawler, Canadian Building, 



Slater St., Ottawa. 



Treasurer, Miss M. Robinbon. 



Directors : William Little, Hiram Robinson 



Aubrey White, E. Stewart W. B. Snowbalh 



Thomas Southworth, Hon. W. C. Edwards, Geo. Y- 



Chown, John Hendry, Hon. Sydney Fisher, R. H- 



Campbei'., J. B. Miller, Gordon C. Edwards, Dr. B. E. 



Fernow, EUwood Wilson, Senator Bostock, F. C 



Whitman, G. C. Pich6, Alex. MacLaurin: Mgr. 0. E. 



MathJeu, Bisbop of Regina; A. P. Stevenson, Wm. 



Pearce, C. E. E Ussher, Denis Murphy, C. Jackson 



Booth, Wm. Price, J. W. Harkom, A. S. Goodeve, 



W. C. J. HaU, J. S. Dennis, J. B. White, E. J. 



Zaviti, Geo. Chahoon Jr., R. D. Prettie. 



TetTli.>rial Vice-Presidents : 



Ontario: — Hon. W. H. Hearst. 

 Quebec: — Hon. Jules Allard. 

 New Brunswick: — Hon. J. H. Flemming. 

 Nova Scotia: — Hon. O. T. Daniels. 

 Manitoba:— Hon. R. P. Roblin 

 Wince Edward Island: — Hon. J. A. Matheson. 

 S»skatchewan- — His Honor G. W. Brown. 

 Aijerta: — Hon. A. L. Sifton. 

 British Columbia:— Hon. W. R. Rosa. 

 Yukon: — Geo. Black, Commissioner. 

 Mackenzie: — F. D. Wilson. 

 Keewatin: — His Honor D. C. Camaron. 

 Ungawfe: — Hij Grace Mgr. Bruche«i, Archbishop of 

 Montreal. 



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ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING 



Everytliint: is now in n>atlinp.48 

 for tlio Annual HusinossMfeting to 

 be held in the Chat«'a»i Lauritr. Otta- 

 wa, on AVcdne.sday, Fchruary 4. b«*- 

 ginninij at 10 a.m. it i.s hoped thrre 

 will be a gootl attendance of our 

 members, as in addition to the re- 

 view of the work of the year, the 

 election of officers, etc., several im- 

 portant matters will be diseussetl for 

 presentation to the Government 

 durinof the coui-se of the day. The 

 Canatlian Lundn-iinen's Association 

 meets on the i)receding day, conclud- 

 ing with a banquet in the evening. 



THE MAPLE SUGAR INDUSTRY 



Attention is directed to the article 

 in this issue by Dr. Geo. V\sk, of 

 ^lontreal, who, as the developer of a 

 maple sugar grove on mo<lern lines, 

 shows what can be done with rough 

 and hilly lands, which are entirely 

 unsuited to other crops. Then? is 

 so much of this kind of land in Can- 

 ada that the possibility of develop- 

 ing it in the way indicated l)y Dr. 

 Fisk is of the greatest importance 

 to Canada. We trust our members 

 will give it a carefid reading. 



COMMISSION OF CONSERVA 

 TION. 



A nundjer of matters of interest 

 to our mendjers were dealt with at 

 the meeting of the Commission of 

 Conservation in Ottawa Jan. 20 and 

 21. A report of this meeting will 

 be found on another page. Of par- 

 ticular weight are th*- ' arks of 



the Chairman of th. mission, 



Hon. Clifford Sifton, in regard to the 



