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of good land in the vicinity would 

 have been overflowed by the rest- 

 less action of the sand. Given over 

 to tree growing, forty to sixty years 

 will produce a highly valuable tim- 

 ber forest, every tree of which will 

 be an almost clear addition to the 

 provincial wealth. The neighboring 

 farms will be materially improved 

 by the presence of the forest and 

 the town of Lachute may very easily 

 add to its prosperity by one or more 

 sawmills. Long before the tirne for 

 cutting lumber, there will be a 

 steady production of pulp trees for 

 the market, and an abundance of 

 fuel wood. 



New Building for Students. 



The Berthierville Nurseries to 

 which the Department is devoting 

 much attention show many improve- 

 ments over previous years. A hand- 

 some building to be used as a sum- 



mer forest school by the students 

 from Laval is nearing completion 

 and will give excellent accommoda- 

 tion. Extensions have been made 

 to the size of the nurseries and Mr. 

 Piche has comprehensive plans 

 which in a year or two will give 

 them still greater value. The soil is 

 sandy and clayish with good mois- 

 ture and produces a quick and sturdy 

 growth. Beds of pine of' all Can- 

 adian species were in first-class con- 

 dition and this year's growth was 

 surprisingly vigorous. White and 

 Norway spruce beds looked equally 

 well. There should be enough stock 

 at the Berthierville Nurseries to 

 meet demands from all parts of the 

 province. Together with the work 

 at Lachute it indicates the practical 

 and determined spirit in which the 

 Minister of Lands and Forests and 

 his various officers are attacking the 

 problems before them. 



Fire Patrol on Government Road 



Negotiations are under way to 

 have an efficient fire patrol estab- 

 lished along the line of the National 

 Transcontinental Railway passing 

 through the St. Maurice Valley 

 Forest Protective Association's lim- 

 its between Herve Junction and 

 Parent. The Journal understands 

 that at a recent conference between 

 Hon. Jules Allard, and representa- 

 tives of the St. Maurice Association 

 and other bodies, the Minister con- 

 sented to assume on behalf of the 

 Province a portion of the cost of the 

 Government railway patrol, while 

 the association of limit holders un- 

 dertook responsibility for an equal 

 share. Action by both parties de- 

 pends, of course, upon a supplemen- 

 tary undertaking by the Minister of 

 Railways. Recently, however, he 

 made clear his willingness to give 

 the Government lines crossing the 

 St. Maurice limits fire protection 

 equipment, such as speeder patrols. 



equal to the privately-owned lines. 

 That the Minister will follow, up his 

 assurance by a specific agreement is 

 confidently expected. In all proba- 

 bility the fire patrol on the railway 

 —about 150 miles in extent — will be 

 controlled by the St. Maurice Val- 

 ley management thus making certain 

 of economical and efficient supervis- 

 ion of railway and limits without 

 any overlapping or conflict of au- 

 thority. 



From Herve Junction to the Wes- 

 tern boundary of Quebec is a still 

 greater stretch of the Government- 

 owned road, traversing part of the 

 territory under operation of the 

 Lower Ottawa Forest Protective 

 Association and the lines of the pro- 

 posed Upper Ottawa association. 

 This needs protection quite as ur- 

 gently. Doubtless if the Herve 

 Junction — Parent section is given a 

 patrol, the balance of the provincial 

 trackage will in time secure equal 

 treatment. 



