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ing foundations for future forest 

 planting problems which must sure- 

 ly confront us. 



" The success of this experimental 

 Forest Station in Norfolk will open 

 the way for extension of this line of 

 work in other parts of Ontario. 



Wide Distribution. 



Along with this work in Norfolk, 

 we produce forest plants for distri- 

 bution to other parts of Ontario to 

 private owners wishing to undertake 

 such work. This last season we 

 sent out over three hundred thous- 

 and plants and in many parts of On- 

 tario we have private demonstra- 

 tions of the practicability of forest 

 planting. 



The Forestry Branch at Toronto 

 has charge of railway fire protection 



under the Board of Railway Com- 

 missioners. This work is being or- 

 ganized along lines which will not 

 only give improved protection but 

 will also place the blame for forest 

 fires where they belong. I antici- 

 pate that as much as the railways 

 have been to blame in the past the 

 day has arrived when adjacent pro- 

 perty owners will have to bear their 

 proportion of responsibility. I refer 

 to the settler and lumbermen who 

 must meet the railway half way in 

 solving this problem. Our aim 

 should be to require as much of ad- 

 jacent owners in disposing of fire 

 hazards as we now demand of the 

 railway on its right-of-way. — (From 

 Mr. Zavitz's address to Annual 

 Meeting, Canadian Forestry Asso- 

 ciation.) 



Placing a Barrens Under Crop. 

 Shifting sand at Norfolk Forest Station planted with Scotch pine and Jack pine, 

 showing third season of growth. 



