. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. A Discussion of the Limitations of the Nation'; Wood Supply With a Suggestion as to (Mr. business Barnjum, a man of Nova practical and successful Scotia, orvner of the lar- lizes that it is only necessary to have an average of ore ordinary sized tree per acre per year gest timber limits in his province, began his studies blown down, how easy it is to see that the an- of timberlands and the Tvood supply twenty-eight nual growth is wiped out by this one process of years ago when he made his first purchase of timb
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. A Discussion of the Limitations of the Nation'; Wood Supply With a Suggestion as to (Mr. business Barnjum, a man of Nova practical and successful Scotia, orvner of the lar- lizes that it is only necessary to have an average of ore ordinary sized tree per acre per year gest timber limits in his province, began his studies blown down, how easy it is to see that the an- of timberlands and the Tvood supply twenty-eight nual growth is wiped out by this one process of years ago when he made his first purchase of timber destruction. I have seen thousands of acres laid areas in Maine. He moved to Nova Scotia where for twenty years he has been extensively inter^â dâ¢^d in timber properties.âEditor, Canadian Forestry Journal.) The wood resources of Canada have been so grossly exaggerated that very few are aware how meagre our supply of available wood really is. I have spent a large portion of the past few years in a personal investigation of the Canadian situation, the results of which are so alarming that I have refrained from publishing my findings. The theory of an annual growth that has been indulged in so freely in the past has simply become a popular delusion. There is, of course, a gross growth, and a net growth under some conditions, but to offset this the annual wastage by fire, wind, insects and fungi, taking the country as a whole, far over-runs the gross growth. Consequently we are simply consum- ing our capital year after year. If anyone has any question as to the enor- mous amount of this wastage, let him explore the woods of Ontario, Quebec and New Bruns- wick, where one can travel day after day and >ee nearly everywhere the vast destruction by the spruce bud worm alone. There are millions of acres in these provinces where over fifty per cent of the standing pulpwood has been completely destroyed. To emphasize further this question of growth, il is only necessary
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