•258 



Canadian Forestry Journal, November, 1915. 



Porcupines Eat Posters. 



One ranger explained why the 

 notices on his beat had to be so fre- 

 quently renewed. He said the por- 

 cupines were very fond of eating the 

 linen notices and it kept him busy 

 replacing those destroyed. 



Another incident was related 

 which showed how widely these fire 

 notices are distributed and how 



closely they are read. It may not 

 be generally known that the Do- 

 minion Forestry Branch posts up 

 notices in some twelve different 

 languages and dialects, three of 

 these being in the syllabic characters 

 of the northern Indian tribes. The 

 incident in question was reported by 

 a ranger who stated that trouble had 

 arisen in posting a Chinese notice in 

 a lumber camp manned by Japanese. 



Tree Planting on the Prairies. 

 These illustrations show what four years can accomplish by moderate effort and 

 small expense. View shows the Nursery Station at Indian Head before tree plant- 

 ing was commenced. 



As the Nursery Station looked five years afterwards — a triumph for tree planting 

 •on the plains. These remarkable results in transforming a treeless area into one of 

 abundant and beautiful growth have been duplicated in numerous instances through- 

 •out the West. 



