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A TREE OF SEVEN YEARS GROWTH. 



Farm and Dairy of Peterborough, to which the Canadian Forc-itrij Journal is iii- 

 •{cLte<l for the above fiit says: '"One iloes not need to wait a life time to have beautiful 

 trees around the home. This Carolina poplar is just seven years from the nursery, and 

 ha.s attained a height of fully 30 feet." 



CARE OF BIRDS IN CANADA. 



A survey of the means, legislative and 

 eclui-ative, taken in the several provinces 

 of Canada for the protei'tion of binls, is 

 published by ''The Agricultural Gazette 

 of Canada". 



The Game Laws of Prince Edward 

 Island protect partridge, woodcock, snipe, 

 wild duck and water fowl and prohibit 

 killing wild fowl botweeni sunset and sun- 

 rise. Since 1905 the P. E. I. Fish and 

 <Janie Association has been teaching the 

 {•ublie the utility of birds, especially to the 

 farmer. One of the aims of this associa- 

 tion is to encourage forestry. A dozen 

 varieties of birds, similar to those men- 

 tioned, are protected umler the Game Laws 

 of Nova Scotia. 



In the Quebec Game Laws, a score of 

 common birds are named as enjoying^ pro- 

 tection from being killed, at any time, or 



being trai>pe<l between March 1st and No- 

 vember 1st. It is equally forbidden to 

 take their nests or eggs. Eagles, hawks, 

 crows, sparrows and some others are not 

 included in this prohibition. 



Ontario has a law making it an offence 

 to kill, cat(di or injure any wild native 

 bird, except those specially mentioned in 

 the game laws, and one or two other ex- 

 ceptions. Through the government and 

 through private organization much edu- 

 cational work is done to arouse interest 

 in jirotecting birds. 



Birds arc jirotected in Manitoba by an 

 act which incdudcs all varieties except 

 those specially named as not desirable. 

 An association also carries on a campaign 

 to teach the value of birds to the country. 



The I'seful Birds Act of Saswatchewan 

 gives protection to all insectivorous birds 

 and their nests and eggs. The deputy min- 

 ister of agriculture estimates that the 



