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Spruce and pine from New Bruns- 

 wick. Nova Scotia and Quebec ; al- 

 so spruce, fir, hemlock and cedar 

 from British Columbia would be 

 suitable for all building purposes in 

 Cuba. Besides this class of lumber 

 Cuba imports quantities of shingles, 

 thousands of crates for fruits, shooks 

 for packing cases, stave heads and 

 hoops for making barrels, and large 

 quantities of broom-handles. 



Canadian pine, spruce and fir 

 would be quite suitable for the man- 

 ufacture of fruit crates and packing 

 cases. These are imported cut in 

 exact lengths ready to be nailed to- 

 gether, and tied in bundles. Birch, 

 maple and ash would be quite suit- 

 able for barrel heads, staves and 

 hoops. These arrive tied in bundles, 

 and when put together are used for 

 packing beer. Canadian yellow 

 birch and maple make the best 

 broom-handles. 



Canadian lumber will fill nearly 

 all the requirements of the building 

 trade in Cuba; and as Canada is a 

 large seller of lumber while Cuba is 

 a heavy buyer, it would be advis- 

 able as soon as the war is over, and 

 conditions become normal again to 

 make an effort to secure a largrr 

 proportion of this Cul:)an lumber 

 trade. 



Experimental Plots 



The Laurentide Companx'. Ltd., 

 of Grand' Mere. Quebec, has a large 

 tract of land, at present about twelve 

 hundred acres, devoted to planting 

 and experimental cutting operations. 

 Difl:'erent systems of cutting are be- 

 ing tried out and experiments in 

 natural regeneration also. In all 

 these thinnings or cuttings the slash 

 is piled and burnt. Plots have also 

 been marked off and all the trees 

 numbered and a band painted about 

 them at breast height, and each year 

 the diameter growth is measured. 

 Plantations have been made not 

 onlv in the open but under different 

 kinds (jf stands and on diff'erent 

 soils. Experiments .in draining 

 swamps are also to be undertaken 

 and a system of good dirt roads and 

 fire lines is also kept up. 



Sowing Forest Tree Seeds 



The Earl of Selborne, president of 

 the Board of Agriculture, has com- 

 municated with the members of the 

 Royal English Arboricultural So- 

 ciety through their president. Lord 

 Barnard, urging the need for sowing 

 forest trees this year. Even small 

 sowings, he says, would be useful, 

 for in the aggregate a large number 

 of seedings might result, and he 

 specifies the trees likely to be most 

 in demand, after the war, namely, 

 larch, common spruce, Sitka spruce. 

 Scots pine, Douglas fir, silver fir, 

 Corsican pine and beech. Lord Bar- 

 nard heartily supports the aopcal. 



A Progressive Move 



The Canada Paper Company, 

 Ltd., of Windsor Mills, Quebec, in- 

 tends to cut fire lines and clean up 

 the debris on their holdings this 

 spring. This company is especially 

 fortunate in having freehold lands 

 within easy reach of their mills and- 

 they are in a position to get the 

 greatest possible \-alue out of 

 forestry methods. It is the intention 

 of this companv also to plant up 

 their waste lands and lands not fully 

 stocked. 



Rioidan Company^ Planting 



The Riordan Paper Company of 

 Montreal have decided to commence 

 planting operations on their limits, 

 and th.eir forester, Mr. Volkmar, has 

 been investigating the plantations 

 and nursery methods of the Lauren- 

 tide Company of Grand' Mere. It 

 is interesting' to note how the pro- 

 gressive paper companies are taking 

 up the planting idea and there is no 

 question but that such a policy will 

 prove highly productive in the long 

 run. 



