. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 566 Illustrated Citnadian Forestry Magazine, December, icj20 Reforestation on Shifting Sand ^y JlrthuT Herbert %ichardsoT}, , ^, Ontario Forestry ^ranch, 'Uoronto One of the most useful jturposes for whicli reforestation may be undertaken, is that of ])reventin^- sliiftint^ sand from ^ a menace to the cro]) profhic- ing- sections of the farm. Jn many parts of Ontario this has been tried out so that such work is now well beyond the stage of experimentation. Three illustrations of the necessity of such w
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 566 Illustrated Citnadian Forestry Magazine, December, icj20 Reforestation on Shifting Sand ^y JlrthuT Herbert %ichardsoT}, , ^, Ontario Forestry ^ranch, 'Uoronto One of the most useful jturposes for whicli reforestation may be undertaken, is that of ])reventin^- sliiftint^ sand from ^ a menace to the cro]) profhic- ing- sections of the farm. Jn many parts of Ontario this has been tried out so that such work is now well beyond the stage of experimentation. Three illustrations of the necessity of such work have come to the notice of the writer duriui^ the past month. The first is in Renfrew county where many farms border on the Ottawa river, or on lakes formed by its widening. On one of these farms bordering a lake four miles in width, there is a linger shaped ridge of sand, which, not only is useless as re- gards agriculture, but which also threat- ens to make useless the good land nearby. At one time this area was covered with large pine which the owner, thinking only of prompt returns, had clean cut, thereby removing the vegetation which had kept the sand in a staple condition. The only record now of what was once a splendid pinery is a few large stumps stand- ing, as it were, on stilts above the sur- face of the sand. Good soil lies on either side of the ridge, but that which is on the leeward side is being covered continu- ally with sand. Consequently, in order to repair the loss to this farm, which fool- ishly was created by the one who stripped the sand portions of its tree growth, one thing only can be done; namely, replant the area with trees, which was the crop it was intended to grow. This is what the farmers in that part of Renfrew are do- ing, with the result that in a few years such trouble will have ceased for good. A Barrier of Trees. In Grenville county a section of a man's farm had been denuded similarly of forest growth, and an area of approxi- mately two a
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