Canadian Forestry Journal, May. ipid. 



515 



Tragedies of the Trent Watershed 



THE BEGINNING. 

 With the exception of patches containing a few square feet, there is on this prospec- 

 tive farm no soil that approaches a loam in texture. It is mostly gravel and sand. 



I „- '■ Cofnmlssion of Conseri/ation 



THE END. 



One of the many abandoned farms in the Trent Watershed. The amount of human 



energy expended in attempting to make a living from such areas 



has been and still is, enormous. 



