. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 196 Canadian Forestry Journal, September, igij. over and even to burned-over lands, in order that the young forest growth may have an opportunity to reach maturity. Especially in Ontario, considerable areas of cut-over limits are abandoned every year by the limit-holders, and left with little or no protection from fire. Re- peated fires upon such lands turn them rapidly into a non-productive or desert condition. Such lands should be the especial care of the Crown, thus ensur- ing the perpetuation of the forest and thereby
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 196 Canadian Forestry Journal, September, igij. over and even to burned-over lands, in order that the young forest growth may have an opportunity to reach maturity. Especially in Ontario, considerable areas of cut-over limits are abandoned every year by the limit-holders, and left with little or no protection from fire. Re- peated fires upon such lands turn them rapidly into a non-productive or desert condition. Such lands should be the especial care of the Crown, thus ensur- ing the perpetuation of the forest and thereby the perpetuation of forest rev- enues and forest industries. For the most part, we are now subsisting upon capital, which must necessarily become exhausted in time. The restocking of the cut-over lands will to a large extent take place naturally, in time, if repeated fires are prevented. 7. The reduction of the fire hazard through safe disposal of inflammable de- bris. All the above features of the fire-pre- vention programme are more or less inter-related and inter-dependent. It is. however, with the latter this article is especially concerned. There is now a well-recognized and well-supported movement for the pre- vention of city fires through the elimina- tion of unnecessary hazards. Similarly, the railways and other industrial con- cerns have made much progress, through the "safety first" movement, in the di- rection of avoiding unnecessary acci- â dents and loss of life. The movement for the more effective prevention of un- necessary forest fires is just as logical as either of the above, and is equally a part of the general tendency toward "safety first" in all lines on endeavor affecting life or property. The slash disposal problem has some- times been considered as if it related only to lumbering slash. This, however, is not the case, and it may be of interest to consider some other angles of the situation as well. (a). Debris on railway rights-of-
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