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And experience seems to show that 

 there is also very little doubt that 

 they can be successfully grown. 



One Hundred Trees Per Man. 



Mr. Hoverstad, of the Soo, cited 

 much the same experience as Mr. 

 Mouck. Hobo labor had proved too 

 expensive. One hundred trees per 

 man per day was above the average. 

 For this reason, the Soo expects to 

 experiment this coming season with 

 a new tree planter and a power cul- 

 tivator. They are fully convinced 

 of the wisdom of the tree-planting 

 policy. The planting has to be done 

 at a time when farm labor is fully 

 employed. 



Some of the other roads had done 

 some tree planting for this purpose, 

 but were unable to give any very 

 definite account of the work." 



Windbreaks on CP.R. 



The Superintendent of the Fores- 

 try Branch of the Department of 

 Natural Resources, C.P.R., has given 

 the following information : 



"The work was started in 1908 

 and it took two years to get the 

 ground ready for planting. The 

 prairie sod had to be broken the first 

 year, then backset and summer fal- 

 lowed in order to accumulate suffi- 

 cient moisture for tree growth. The 

 conditions affecting tree growth east 

 and west of Moose Jaw were found 

 to be absolutely dissimilar. East of 

 Moose Jaw trees planted three years 

 can be left without any further 

 maintenance; west of Moose Jaw it 

 is necessary to cultivate each year 

 in order to keep the trees free from 

 weeds, which would deprive them of 

 needed moisture. The district west 

 of Moose Jaw is in what is known 

 as "The Dry Belt." In territory 

 similar to this in the United States 

 one of the railways tried watering 

 the trees, but that is a mistake; cul- 

 tivation is all that is needed. 



"The cost of the portable panel 

 snow fence anywhere in Western 

 Canada, Minnesota, Dakota, o r 



other western states is from $2.39 to 

 82.51 per 16 ft. panel. The depreci- 

 ation and annual maintenance per 

 16 ft. panel is 47 cents. The cost of 

 16 feet of tree fence, including three 

 years maintenance, is $1.95. The 

 three years cost of maintenance is 

 necessary before the fence may be 

 said to be established ; west of 

 ]\Ioose Jaw it may take five years. 



"The tree snow fence has been re- 

 marked upon by hundreds of tour- 

 ists, and has helped very consider- 

 ably in demonstrating to intending 

 settlers the possibilities of proper 

 cultivation in the dry areas. The 

 tree snow fence also is just as good, 

 if not better, than the panel fenc- 

 ing." 



May Tax N. B. Lands 



The question of how to raise more 

 revenue was discussed by many sup- 

 porters of the Government in the 

 New Brunswick Legislature recent- 

 ly, and the resolution of J. L. White, 

 proposing to place a tax upon grant- 

 ed lands not included in the school 

 districts was enlarged upon and an 

 amendment offered by L. P. D. Til- 

 ley to have a committee of the 

 House inquire into the advisability 

 of taxing both crown and granted 

 lands was adopted. There are 

 7.000,000 acres of crown lands and it 

 is said about 4,000.000 acres of grant- 

 ed lands. Some propose a tax of 

 two cents an acre upon crown lands, 

 which would yield about $140,000. 

 An equal tax upon granted lands 

 would bring SSO.OOO. but it is said 

 some propose that granted lands 

 shall pay four cents per acre, which 

 would yield a revenue of $160,000, 

 or $300,000 in all. The Speaker ap- 

 pointed Messrs. White, Carter, Ma- 

 honey, Jones, Culligan, Woods, 

 Hachey, Tilley, Lockhart and Slipp 

 as the committee for this purpose. 



