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acre. We usually plant 1500 to 1700 

 trees to the acre. 



"A Million a Year." 



We have so far only two difficul- 

 ties, hares and hardwood brush. The 

 former eat the tops of the young 

 spruce and delay them for a year. 

 Only a small proportion of the trees 

 are eaten off and as soon as they get 

 to be about a foot and a half high 

 the danger is over. We keep them 

 hunted down as much as possible. 

 The hardwood brush on burnt and 

 cut over lands grows so fast that the 

 shade is excessive and this past sum- 

 mer we have tried pasturing our 

 reindeer in our plantation with great 

 success. They have eaten the brush 

 off clean and the only damage to the 

 planted trees has been a few killed 

 in the roads which the deer make. 



Our budget is based on planting a 

 million trees a year, one for every 

 one we cut and we look forward to a 

 reserve of timber within six or eight 

 miles of the mill which will be cheap 

 to cut and to deliver. The parish in 

 which we have begun operations has 

 made a contract with us not to raise 

 the valuation or assessment on our 

 planted lands for twenty-five years 

 and shown a most broad-minded 

 spirit. We employ as far as we pos- 

 sibly can only labor from this parish 

 on our work on these lands so that 

 the benefits are mutual. 



We expect an average cut, when 

 the timber is ready, of at least ten 

 times the average which we now cut 

 on our limits and this with the short 

 haul to the mill and the better qual- 

 ity of the timber will make an ex- 

 tremely valuable asset. 



Fire, Warnings on Game Tags 



As a result of representations 

 4 made by the Canadian Forestry As- 

 sociation, several of the provincial 

 governments have decided to place 

 upon the backs of licenses and other 

 literature issued to sportsmen, a 

 form of fire warning. The Chief 

 Game Commissioner of Nova Scotia 

 and the Deputy Minister of Lands 

 and Mines for New Brunswick, 

 have already undertaken to have the 



next issue of game tags contain a 

 warning, and it is confidently ex- 

 pected that most of the other prov- 

 inces will take similar action in the 

 near future. The response to the 

 Association's suggestion was most 

 hearty. 



Following is a form of fire warn- 

 ing which has been sent out to the 

 officials interested : 



To All Sportsmen: A Friendly Word 



You have a personal interest in 

 protecting the forests of this prov- 

 ince from fire. The pleasures of 

 fishing and" hunting depend abso- 

 lutely upon keeping the forests 

 green. 



Please adopt these sensible rules 

 for your trip ; they are endorsed and 

 followed by the best fishermen and 

 hunters everywhere : 



Never toss away burning matches, 

 cigars, cigarettes or pipe ashes. 



Never start a fire in the woods 

 among leaves, dry wood or against a 



log, or against a tree whether it be 

 dead or alive. Build your fire 

 wherever possible among rocks or 

 gravel and away from trees. 



Never start a fire in the moss or 

 peat of a dry bog. It may smoulder 

 for weeks and then leap into flame. 



Never leave a fire until it is out. 

 Camp fires "supposed to be out" 

 have burned down thousands of 

 acres of splendid woodland. 



Remember: A forest is about the 

 easiest thing on earth to set ablaze. 



