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well as in the old. In the older dis- ficulty encountered in reaching these 

 tricts illustrations in connection small areas makes the wisdom of 

 with soil renovation should be con- opening them very doubtful, indeed, 

 ducted, while in the new districts, Again, we found some areas where 

 tests should be made to ascertain there has been fire and where the 

 what the land is best suited for and soil is only fair and where no profit 

 what crops it will grow most can come from the forests for many 

 profitably. years. The opening of these areas 

 Would Bar Settlement. for agricultural purposes is debat- 

 "Some of the land we visited is ^b^^' ^^ the land sometimes is of an 

 absolutely unfit for agricultural pur- i"diiTerent quality and it would de- 

 poses and should never be opened P^nd, I imagine, on how urgent is 

 for settlement. As an example of ^^^ "^^^ ^°^ ^^^"^ ^^"^• 

 this, the land behind the row of lot's Needed Everyzvhere. 

 .granted on the Miramichi river, ,,^ . /, , 

 south of Doaktown as far back as , \ ^"^ convmced that the need 

 Cains river, is a light sand. The *°^ ^^"^ classification ahead of set- 

 duiT or leaf mould is thin, being in tlemetit is very great and that it 

 most instances only two or three ^°"^^ ^^ greatly in the interests of 

 inches in thickness underlaid by sev- ^^^ settlers if such could be carried 

 eral inches of white or gray sand un- ?^ everywhere m Canada where 

 derneath, which is brown sand ^^"^ '^ ^^'^"§ opened for settlement. 

 which runs down considerably be- "in some places we also found the 

 low plough depth. This is suited soil so filled with rocks and boulder 

 for forest growth only and should stones that a man and his children 

 never be broken up for any other would be gray-haired before they 

 crop. In other sections, we found a could all be cleaned out in order that 

 fairly good agricultural soil, and in the land might be easily tilled. In 

 some sections, a very good agricul- fact, I heard one man make the 

 tural soil. In the Pleasant Ridge statement that he had so many 

 settlement, north of Boisetown, we stones on his farm that he found it 

 found a fair agricultural soil. It necessary to rent land from a neigh- 

 needs good management, however, bour on which to pile them. There 

 and intelligent treatment. South of are many problems that the settlers 

 Boisetown again, after leaving the have to contend with which an out- 

 granted land and on back to Cains gider can scarcely fully appreciate, 

 river, we found the gray and brown but you cannot emphasize ' too 

 sand again constituting a soil un- strongly the advisability of an ex- 

 suitable for agriculture. On one amination of the land before it is 

 hike out from camp No. 1, which allowed open for settlement. After 

 was situated on Halesbrook, we having spent some weeks on this 

 went m a south and southwesterly ^ork, I am more firmly convinced 

 direction for a distance of six or ^f ^his than ever, 

 seven miles and found good agricul- 



tural soil. I am merely citing these ^^''^ Damage. 



as examples to show you that in ."I might just remark in passing 



some places there exists soil unsuit- that on one large burned-over area 



able for agriculture, and in other adjoining Cains river, about thirteen 



places, land which could well be miles south of Doaktown, the duff 



used for farming purposes. We also had practically been all burned off 



found another condition which it and the white or gray sand v/as 



might be well to mention — that is, showing over the whole area. The 



of small, isolated valleys which second growth of pine (red, white 



might contain fair or very good soil, and Jack pine) was making a very 



Tint the restricted areas and the dif- good growth, but it stands to reason 



