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agriculture, grazing and forestry, and their 

 recoinmendations to the goverument are 

 based on well established grounds. When 

 it is realized that it will take 1,500 acres 

 for grazing 1,000 sheep and that probably 

 one she{ihord will be able to look after this 

 flock, whereas in the developed forests of 

 Europe at least one man to one hundred 

 acres is required, it will be seen that the 

 possibilities of increasing the population 

 by the encouragement of forestry are very 

 great. 



Conclusion. 



While an argument from the experience 

 of Europe or Great Britain cannot be trans- 

 ferred to Canada without consideration of 

 the different conditions it is quite clear 

 from the study I was able to make during 

 the past summer of this question in the 

 Old Country that for the best development 

 of a country both in industries and in 

 poinilation, it is necessary to have a pro- 

 per balance between the agricultural, graz- 

 ing and forest interests, and that these 

 are not necessarily antagonistic but should 

 be mutually helpful. 



Fire Line on Sand Dunes near Bordeaux, France. 



WIRE FENCING AND TREES. 



TO SEEK NEW MARKETS. 



Occasionally, in running wire fences, it is 

 necessary to attach the wires to trees. In 

 doing this, it is bad practice to use staples 

 to attach the wire directly to the trees, thus 

 ensuring that the wire will become over- 

 grown and imbedded in the wood. Not 

 only is the tree thereby ruined or injured 

 but, further, it is impossible to remove the 

 fencing without cutting either the wire or 

 the tree. 



A better way, protecting both the tree 

 ami the fence, is first to nail to the tree a 

 strip of wood about four inches wide and 

 one inch thick, of a length to suit the height 

 of the fence. The wire fence can then be 

 Stapled to this strip. This will secure the 

 fence and will not interfere with the tree 

 growth. 



Mr. H. R. MacMillan, Chief Forester of 

 British Columbia, was in Ottawa recently 

 and it is understood that he has been 

 given leave of absence by the British 

 Columbia Lands Department for a period 

 of about eight months during which, on 

 behalf of the Department of Trade and 

 Commerce of Canada he will travel in the 

 far east and near east with a view of find- 

 ing new markets for Canadian and par- 

 ticularly for British Columbia timber. He 

 sails in a few weeks from Vancouver and 

 will visit Japan, China, India and Aus- 

 tralia before returning. His movements in 

 the near east will doubtless depend con- 

 siderably upon the duration of the war. 



