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Canadian Forestry Journal, April, ipi6. 



At the Berthierville P. Q. Forest Nursery: — White pine seed germinating under 

 bag-cloth set on wood frame. This is a very good seed cover; it guards against the 

 devastation of birds and also gives valuable protection to the soil. 



Canada at War 



By Dr. C. D. Howe, 

 of Toronto University Forest School, in "Tlie Biltmorean." 



One thought is uppermost in the 

 minds of all Canadians, that is to 

 do their "bit" in the service of their 

 country at this time, and they have 

 succeeded beyond their own expec- 

 tations, not only in furnishing men 

 but in performing the innumerable 

 services contingent upon war. Evi- 

 dences of the spirit of service and 

 concentrated effort meet one at 

 every turn. One sees women knit- 

 ting socks for the soldiers at the 

 church and theatre, in the street 

 cars and even as they walk on the 

 streets. There are no more bridge 

 parties, dinners or other social func- 

 tions for their own sake. Women 

 now meet to work. A lady of my 

 acquaintance has knitted over a 

 hundred pairs of socks, besides 

 spending nearly every afternoon and 

 evening engaged in the various 

 phases of war relief work. A former 



society leader has spent six hours a 

 day for a year in a dingy store-room, 

 collecting and packing clothing for 

 the Belgian relief — and she has also 

 become worn and white-haired in 

 the service. Every woman has 

 found some way in which to help. 

 There are certainly no "slackers" 

 among them. 



Children Do TJieir Bit. 



The children in the schools make 

 scrap books for the soldiers and con- 

 tribute their -pennies for war relief. 

 The older boys have their cadet 

 corps. Churches, Sunday schools, 

 fraternal organizations, boards of 

 trade and business houses are mo- 

 bilized for service in some form. 



The voluntary contributions of 

 money during the past year have 

 been enormous. Five million dollars 

 were contributed to the Patriotic 



