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IMliJ.R of every kind is now becoming very scarce in Canada, hut 



especiaily is this the case in regard to W^hite pine. Il being the most 



iieneraliy useful kind of timber, the demand for it abroad has been so 



Vfi" <;ontinuously supplied, that it is now only a matter of a few years' time 



when our country will be almost without it, and already it has become 



a matter of serious consideration Iron is now used for many purposes 



for which formerly only wood was used, but the coldness of iron, aside 



from (X)ntraction and expansion, seems to preclude the probability of its ever 



being well suited for the building of dwelling houses, or even farm buildings for 



the comfort of live stock. 



There is, throughout the country, many thou.sands of acres of impoverished 

 land, producing little, if any, value. If those lands were planted with While 

 pine, they would, in course of tim.e. become more valuable than much of the 

 land which is now cultivated For agricultural crops. There is scarcely any land 

 so poor that \\'hite pine will not thrive on it. 



From no kind of tree has there been so much vahie in limber and lumber 

 obtained in Canada, which fact evidently shows its adaplal)ilit\' to this climate 

 and country. No kind of tree produces useful timl)er on poor land in so .>hoit 

 .1 time. 



The Scotch i)ine, Austrian pine, European larch, and Norway spruce are 

 all fairly well ada[)tcd for producing timber rapidly on poor land, but planted 

 side by side with the White pine they are excelled in every instance. 



1 can point to mixed plantations where White pine trees have grown to be 

 fifty feet high in twenty-two years, and every tree straight as a mast. I'his 

 growth has been attained on poor land without any cultivation whatever, beyond 

 thinning out as the trees grew large, and clearing away decaying under-branches. 

 Ten feet apart, an acre contains about four hundred trees. No other kind 

 of forest tree does s(j well growing so closely. There are but few farms on which 

 there are not some poor spots yielding nothing but weeds. If these lands were 

 planted with White pine, and protected for a few years, the>- would, in course of 

 lime, become the most valuable lands on the estate. 



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The best time to sow lawn-grass seed is early in spring. Preparations 

 can be made in fall, and if seed is sown on a frozen surface in March, such a 

 thing as the seeds failing to germinate is almost impossible. .April sowings, 

 even, are sure (;f enougii spring rains to almost wIioIIn remove any risk of failure. 



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