. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 1782 Canadian Foresirij Journal, July, 19JS the ofTicer, to whom the work of examining proposed Forest Reserves of this character has been entrusled, has more than llie ordinary know- ledge of soils. Every quarler-seclion must be carefully examined and a correct classification of the land l)y chmate, topography, and soil into agricultural and non-agricultural land made. Lands that are positively adapted for continuous production of farm crops or are chiefly valuable for agriculture should be excluded, while lands that are
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 1782 Canadian Foresirij Journal, July, 19JS the ofTicer, to whom the work of examining proposed Forest Reserves of this character has been entrusled, has more than llie ordinary know- ledge of soils. Every quarler-seclion must be carefully examined and a correct classification of the land l)y chmate, topography, and soil into agricultural and non-agricultural land made. Lands that are positively adapted for continuous production of farm crops or are chiefly valuable for agriculture should be excluded, while lands that are undoubtedly non-agricultural or lands that possess minor agricultural possibilities but are more valuable for the growing of crops of limber shovld be included in the proposed reserve. Providing Farm Needs Areas unfit for farming in the 'settled portions of the central prov- inces are comparatively few, and it is of great importance that all avail- able land of this class be devoted to the growing of timber, thus to relieve to a greater or less degree the need of firewood, fence posts, and small building timber, which always is fcU in the treeless prairies. Proposed forest reserves in unseltlad districts do not require such a care- ful examination. The reconnais- sance in this case is more in the nature of an exploration in contrast to the survey of the proposed reserves in the old settlements which- really takes the form of a more or less intensive soil survey. Here large areas of unsettled and largely or entirely unsurveyed lands are invol- ved and anything but a rapid reconnais- sance is at the present time impractic- able and out of the question. This does not mean, however, that care should not be exercised by the forester in determining proposed re- serve boundaries. On the contrary the future possibilities of the land shoiild be considered and the inclus- ion of agricultural land should, where- ever it appears in apprecial)le quan- tities, be avoided unless its temporar
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