. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. io6 Canadian I'orestrx Joitnuil, March, IQ20 The Maple Tree as a Profit Maker ^y Dr. George Fisk, Montreal Proprietor of Maple Glen Reserve, Magog, P. Q. ^y Dr. George Fisk, Mot Proprietor of Maple Glen Reserve, The only natural forest tree in Can- ada which may be cropped while it is slowly g-rowing to maturity for lumber is the maple tree. This may be tapped with profit for the produc- tion of maple sugar after it has grown to the size of six or eight inches, and so provide a revenue long before it is large enough to gi
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. io6 Canadian I'orestrx Joitnuil, March, IQ20 The Maple Tree as a Profit Maker ^y Dr. George Fisk, Montreal Proprietor of Maple Glen Reserve, Magog, P. Q. ^y Dr. George Fisk, Mot Proprietor of Maple Glen Reserve, The only natural forest tree in Can- ada which may be cropped while it is slowly g-rowing to maturity for lumber is the maple tree. This may be tapped with profit for the produc- tion of maple sugar after it has grown to the size of six or eight inches, and so provide a revenue long before it is large enough to give the best re- turns as lumber. In twenty-five or thirty years after a tree the size of a broom handle has been transplanted, it should yield a very profitable re- turn for the time and money in- vested. The most suitable locations in this Province of Quebec for maple groves are along the ridges and hill- sides and it is not difficult to find manv hillsides gradually sloping. which have been cleared or partially cleared, and are now grown up to thickets of hardwood, in whichc maple largely predominates. Mr. R. H. Campbell, Director of the Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior, concludes an int-resting comparison between the pine tree and the maple tree as follows: 'When one considers the revenue derived after the thirtieth year from the sap, and the higher prices obtainable for thin- nings as fuel, or making acetic acid, wood alcohol and charcoal, there seems but little doubt that the maple would in the end be the more profit- able tree. This is particularly true in the case of the small wood-lot owner, or farmer, who has many uses for the wood, and especially. Pouring pure Maple Sugar cakes in a modern Quebec Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Canadian Forestry Associatio
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