. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. The Forest Asserting Itself on an Abandoned i 2 a Clearing. the immense precipitation of moisture from the all-surrounding seas. Establish similar conditions inland and then we get different results, no matter how extensive a country is; , the mighty river Volga is to-day navigable for a much shorter distance than it was formerly when its "timberland" was covered with timber. 1 hold the opinion, that as Quebec Pro- vince is essentially a spruce producing
. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. The Forest Asserting Itself on an Abandoned i 2 a Clearing. the immense precipitation of moisture from the all-surrounding seas. Establish similar conditions inland and then we get different results, no matter how extensive a country is; , the mighty river Volga is to-day navigable for a much shorter distance than it was formerly when its "timberland" was covered with timber. 1 hold the opinion, that as Quebec Pro- vince is essentially a spruce producing coun- try, and the nearest to the great pulp mills of the United States, which latter have not within tbeir own borders sufficient raw ma- terial to run the mills for any considerable period, we should take care to regulate our affairs in such a manner as will enable us to continue supplying a quota of raw ma- Forester's only object is to foster the lumber trade, but let us hope that such an impression is confined to a few minds only. The lum- berman's object, of course, is to exploit the forest for profit, but the Forester's ideas are wider: he says, encourage the lumberman, hut keep him within bounds, do not let him exterminate; remember the farmer, and maintain a "cnerous nucleus of forest in order that artificial irrigation be not neces- sary in any locality—our rivers and streams must be kept pure for the use of the in- habitants, etc. I would, therefore, say to the people of my native province, remember the disin- terested and candid advice of our Chief Ma- gistrate and see to it that the annual crop of forest products is kept within our reproduc- ing capacity, and whilst encouraging agri- culture to the utmost in areas deserving of it, limit it also to these. OBJECT LESSONS IN FORESTRY. The Province of Quebec, being the first settled, may reasonably be expected to show various object lessons as regards forests. We have, south and east of Montreal, a dis- trict pr
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