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seed year the chances of a new 

 growth, from the seed of the lopped 

 off tops, are fairly good. By this 

 method though we would be trust- 

 ing very flimsy hopes for the future 

 of our forests. 



To remedy the evil nature sug- 

 gests an easy and inexpensive meth- 

 od. Good example being found 

 throughout the country the mention 

 of one here will be sufficient. In the 

 Upper Ottawa region a certain area 

 of some fifty square miles was 

 swept by fire about 75 years ago, 

 and although the destruction was 

 complete on the burned parts there 

 is growing on them to-day a dense 

 covering of valuable spruce which 

 sprang up from seed supplied by the 

 fortunate presence of scattered 

 clusters of five or six to fifteen or 

 twenty old spruce trees, which es- 

 caped destruction at the time of the 

 fire. Elsewhere the same fire swept 

 some areas clean, leaving no such 

 clusters of seed trees with the result 

 that only deciduous trees have 

 sprung up, 



The Spring Fire-Peak 



If the forest fire danger was re- 

 presented by a line rising and falling 

 as the danger increased or decreas- 

 ed there would be a sharp rise or 

 "peak" in the few weeks after the 

 winter snow leaves the woods. This 

 is so much the case that the term 

 "Spring Fires" is well known to 

 every forester. The ground is dry, 

 the dead leaves and herbage are sap- 

 less and tindery, and the least spark 

 may start a fire that will sweep 

 whole miles of forest. All who go 

 to the woods are cautioned to see 

 that they are especially careful to 

 put out completely their camp fires 

 and to see that no fires start from 

 matches, pipes, cigar stubs or fire 

 arms. Canada has many fire guar- 

 dians on duty at this season but if 

 these rules are observed much more 

 timber will be saved than can be 

 saved through the most strenuous 

 efforts of fire fighters. The time to 

 stop a forest fire is before it starts. 



Canada is in a war that is taxing her 

 resources and every patriotic citi- 

 zen will do all he can to prevent the 

 enemy being helped by the destruc- 

 tion of Canadian resources. — (Pub- 

 licity Bulletin of Dominion Forestry 

 Branch.) 



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