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to its dire consequences, a plan of co- 

 operative action is immediately neces- 

 sary. What part the Provincial and 

 Federal Governments shall play in the 

 matter should be clearly ascertained 

 and appropriate action taken by the 

 Association. 



Another subject which, it is hoped, 

 will have a prominent place on the 

 prog-ramme is brush disposal. The 

 subject is an integral of fire protection. 

 Eastern Canada has been by no means 

 a crusader in experimenting with the 



removal of logging slash, and some live 

 testimony from practical lumbermen in 

 Minnesota and elsewhere who have ap- 

 plied the brush disposal principle to 

 commercial lumbering operations 

 would be interesting and stimulating. 

 Contributions to the subject from Ca- 

 nadian sources should prove of equal 

 value. 



Other subjects will be on the pro- 

 gramme, a detailed announcement of 

 which will be sent out in ample time to 

 all members. 



Grazing in the Woodlot. 



The most important step to take in 

 the care of the woodlot is to protect 

 the trees of the future. Unless the 

 young trees, which go to make up the 

 undergrowth of the woodlot are pro- 

 tected there can be no trees to replace 

 the mature ones as they are removed. 

 Without trees there can of course be no 

 woodlot. 



Grazing animals are one of the great- 

 est hindrances to the proper develop- 

 ment of the small trees. It is almost 

 as impractical to pasture cattle on the 

 same piece of ground as one is attempt- 

 ing to grow trees as to pasture them on 

 a piece of ground on which one was at- 

 tempting to grow oats. Not only do 

 the cattle destroy a large number of 

 the small trees by eating the top off, 

 but they trample them down and the 

 sun and wind have an opportunity to 

 act on the soil and dry it out or bake it, 

 thereby causing the tops of the larger 

 trees to die back. On open patches 

 within the woodlot or where the bor- 

 ders are thin, young growth should be 

 encouraged as much as possible. — B. R. 

 Morton, Dominion Forestry Branch. 



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