. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Berthierville Now Has Four Million Seed- lings—Laurentide Company Has De- veloped Successful 0-e of the most valuable organizations in the Dominion for the promotion of actual con- servation of forests is the Woodlands Section of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association. How close to its problems the Woodlands Sec- tion keeps was well illustrated by the holding of a summer meeting at Berthierville, and Grand Mere, Quebec, on Wednesday and Thursday, June 25th and 26th. About seventy-five men identified with th
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Berthierville Now Has Four Million Seed- lings—Laurentide Company Has De- veloped Successful 0-e of the most valuable organizations in the Dominion for the promotion of actual con- servation of forests is the Woodlands Section of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association. How close to its problems the Woodlands Sec- tion keeps was well illustrated by the holding of a summer meeting at Berthierville, and Grand Mere, Quebec, on Wednesday and Thursday, June 25th and 26th. About seventy-five men identified with the wood-using industries of On- tario, Quebec and New Brunswick, together with Government Ministers and foresters spent a full day in constructive discussion of urgent prob- lems and in estimating the possibilities of forest re-planting. Mr. Piche's nursery work at Ber- thierville is always interesting, but especially was it so when every point in its development was carefully drawn to the attention of the large visiting party. Mr. Piche, with the enthusiastic backing of his Minister, Hon. Jules Allard, has built up a stock of 4,000,000 seedhngs and it is expected that shipments from two to three mil- lion plants annually will soon be possible. The product of the Berthierville nurseries may be seen in all parts of Quebec, and the Govern- ment itself has done quite extensive work in planting up denuded lands. Not the least im- portant section of the nursery area is the 25 acres laid out for experimental work. This is made up of well-wooded land, and from the in- vestigations in conditions of growth, the depart- ment IS securing valuable data. Following the tour of the nurseries, the guests assembled in the dining room of the pavillion where Hon. Mr. Allard delivered an address of welcome. Mr. Piche followed with a paper on reforestation problems, which the Forestry Jour- nal will shortly publish. Mr. Ellwood Wilson, forester of the Laurentide Company, and Mr. F. W. Reed, of the
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