.4 Reindeer Experiment In Quebec 



A KEI.NDKER EXPERIMKM IN 

 QUEBEC. 



l.a>t August Mr. Elhvooil Wilson, Super- 

 intendent of the Forestry Division of the 

 Laureiitide ('onij>aiiy, CJrand Mere, Queliee, 

 j*uriha>ed twelve reindeer from Dr. Gren- 

 fell, the main herd at that time being at 

 St. Anthony. Newfoundland. Mr. Wilson 

 got the deer safely into the St. Maurice 

 X'alley after considerable delay, caused by 

 the war. but one of the deer was so badly 

 injured on shipboard that it died some time 

 after. Four deer were sent to a timber de- 

 ]>ot and three of them died, possibly from 

 lack of experience on the part of those in 

 whose iharge they were. Mr. Wilson, there- 

 fore, had the remaining eight deer, three 

 bucks and five does, brought into the town 

 of Grand ^[ere, and located in a wooded 

 lot adjoining the nursery. Mr. Wilson's idea 

 is that the deer have been allowed to be- 

 come too wild since being brought from 

 Lapland, and his aim is to domesticate them 

 anil keep them accustomed to the presence 

 of man. When this has been attained he 

 sees great possibilities for their use in 

 northern lumber camps to take the j)la(c of 

 «logs, which are vicious ami very subject to 

 mange, and he also thinks that the Indians 

 might learn to herd them, thus becoming 

 possessed of a supply of food and clothitig, 

 besides having a beast of burden which uijl 

 find its own food summer and winter. 



A PLEASANT REMINDER. 



The Canadian Forestry Journal hus ve- 

 <eived from the Dominion Forestry Branch 

 staff of the Duck Mountain Forest Eesevvc. 

 with headquarters at Dauphin. Mau'toba. 

 a unique remendjrancer in the shai'C of a 

 calendar illustrating the work. The illus- 

 trations are five photographs of scores on 

 the Reserve including ' Fire Guard and Tele- 

 j»hone Line ', ' Graded Trail Through the 

 Forest ", ' Grandview Ranger Station ', ' C'or- 

 <luroy Road on Baldy Mountain ', and ' I^ook- 

 out Tower'. In the corner is the motto 

 ' Safety First ' supported on left and right 

 by field telephones. The staff consists of 

 Mr. C. W. Wellman, Forest Supervisor; Mr. 

 W. R. Watt, Forest Assistant, and Miss M. 

 A. Weatherhead, Forest Clerk. The illus- 

 trations show that the -work of protecting 

 the Reserve by modern apjiliances and 

 methods is rapidly advancing. 



Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, New Minister 



of Lands, Forests and Mines for 



Ontario. 



When Hon. W. H. Hearst was called to 

 lie Prime Minister of the Province of On- 

 tario it was understood that it would be 

 impossible for him to coudjine the duties 

 of that office with the i)articularly onerous 

 and e-xacting work of the DepartnuMit of 

 Lands, Forests and Mijies. This is one of 

 the very heaviest departments in the Gov- 

 ernment and has, what is unusual, two dep- 

 uty ministers, Mr. Aubrey White. C.M.G.. 

 for Lands and Forests, "and Mr. T. W. 

 Gil)sou for Mines. 



As a result of Hon. Mr. Hearst's eleva- 

 tion to the Premiership there have been 

 •♦fveral changes in the Cabinet, and Hon. 

 <-. Howard Ferguson, member for Gren- 

 vilie. has been appointed Minister of 

 Lands, Forests and Miiu's, and iias alreaily 

 taken up the important duties of his of- 

 llcc. 



A careful survey of the state of New 

 York has shown that one half of it is bet- 

 ter adapted to forestry than to agricul- 

 ture. 



Aicording to the handbook issued by the 

 Provincial Government, there are now 27l' 

 sawmills in British Coknnbia, employing 

 about 5,000 men, the output of lumber in 

 1912 being 1,. 3.30,0(10,000 feet. There are 

 sixty shingle mills, with a ilaily capacity 

 of .5,000,000 shingles. The capital invested 

 in the timber business is over $200,000,000. 



The removal of forests is largely the 

 cause of floods and freshets ami soil erosion; 

 the latter produces one of the great wastes 

 of agriculture. 



