. Canadian forest industries July-December 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. July 15, 1919 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 33 1 have studied it for a long while I have not yet come to a satisfactory conclusion. Will it be better for the Government to do this work exclusively, or should they rather allow or compel the limit holder to make it for and by himself, or should both co-operate in the planting ? The later alternative may be the more logical since the Government owns the soil and keeps the tilte of the property; it might t
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. July 15, 1919 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 33 1 have studied it for a long while I have not yet come to a satisfactory conclusion. Will it be better for the Government to do this work exclusively, or should they rather allow or compel the limit holder to make it for and by himself, or should both co-operate in the planting ? The later alternative may be the more logical since the Government owns the soil and keeps the tilte of the property; it might then furnish all the planting material required, and also the tech- nical direction to do the work, whereas the limit holder would de- fray the expenses of replanting. Someone has raised the important question "Would the limit holder continue to pay the ground rent on the parts of his limits that have been reforested ? I think he should continue to do so, if he wants to retain his lease, but I believe that his share of expense, that is the cost of planting, should be kept separated and returned to him as a deduction on stumpage charges either at the moment of the plantation or with the accrued interest of, .say, three or four per cent., when the trees planted will have reached maturity. This plan is not altogether satisfactory to me, and I just present it as a basis for discussion rather than as a remed}^ for the difficulty. Measures to Promote Reforestation The first measure to adopt for the welfare of the plantations is unquestionably to give them a satisfactory protection against fires. It would be ridiculous to make a plantation on a tract that would not be easily reached and defended against forest fires. We must carry on further the policy of protection against forest fires. We have already done a good deal in that direction, but we find that much of our forests is still vanishing away in smoke, and this spring we have had several big fires in the Lake St. John and th
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