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expert instruction as to better methods of handling the existing forest 

 areas in private ownership. In Nova Scotia, the need along this line 

 is particularly urgent, since all but a very small percentage of the forest 

 land has passed from the ownership and control of the Provincial 

 Government. In New Brunswick, the privately-owned lands comprise 

 a much smaller percentage, and the problem is more particularly one 

 to be solved through the imposition of regulations for the cutting of 

 timber on crown lands. Considerable study has already been devoted 

 to this subject, although the Provincial Government has not yet 

 employed a trained forester in an administrative capacity. 



Notwithstanding the temporary situation above outlined, several 

 small beginnings have. been made in forest planting through the in- 

 itiative of private owners. With the advice and assistance of Prof. 

 R. B. Miller of the Department of Forestry, University of New Bruns- 

 wick, a plantation of about fifteen acres of white pine has been made on 

 the lands of Dr. A. R. Myers of Moncton, N.B., and about the same 

 area of Norway spruce was planted on the lands of the Rhodes-Curry 

 Co., in Nova Scotia, near Amherst, N.B. 



The Myers plantation is about thirteen miles from Moncton and, 

 so far as known, represents the first attempt at forest planting in New 

 Brunswick. This planting was done in 1 9 1 1 . The field had previously 

 been ploughed and harrowed, and the two-year-old trees were set out 

 five feet apart. The results of this work are reported as being very 

 satisfactory. 



The Rhodes-Curry Co., of Little River, N.S., desired to ascertain 

 the practicability of reforesting its very considerable areas of burned- 

 over lands, and, in the spring of 191 2, selected a small tract for experi- 

 mental planting. The site chosen was a hUl which had been burned 

 over and was being poorly restocked with fir, spruce, and red pine, 

 from the few remaining seed trees. The brush, rotten logs, and other 

 inflammable debris was first removed, and the area was then fenced 

 to keep out deer. Three-year old Norway spruce seedlings were 

 planted. 



On the lands of the Pejepscot Paper Co., at Salmon River, N.B., 

 a small nursery has been established since 191 1. A similar small 

 nursery is situated on the lands of this Company at Cookshire, Quebec. 

 These nurseries are for purely experimental purposes, in order to de- 

 termine the practicability of planting up the large areas of bumed-over 

 non-agricultural land belonging to the Company, which are not re- 

 stocking naturally to a satisfactory extent. 



No steps have yet been taken in the direction of forest planting 

 by the Government of Prince Edward Island ; and no information is 

 available as to work done by private owners. 



