. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestry Magazine, October, ig20. Mr. Sovez, of Alsask, Saskatchewan, refused to take the bare prairies as a visitation of prL md therefore beyond human is how he establishes rows of evergreens to strengthen the belts of shorter-lived species. For Every Prairie Farm a Tree Belt! How the Sutherland, Sask- Nursery is Aiding Western Farmers to Improve Their Lands. The value of trees as an ornamental feature of home surroundings in both urban and rural munieipalilies needs no argument or emphasis, but the
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestry Magazine, October, ig20. Mr. Sovez, of Alsask, Saskatchewan, refused to take the bare prairies as a visitation of prL md therefore beyond human is how he establishes rows of evergreens to strengthen the belts of shorter-lived species. For Every Prairie Farm a Tree Belt! How the Sutherland, Sask- Nursery is Aiding Western Farmers to Improve Their Lands. The value of trees as an ornamental feature of home surroundings in both urban and rural munieipalilies needs no argument or emphasis, but the additional value of tree-planting to the farmer in the prevention of soil-drifting should be known and appreciated by every agri- culturist who desires to get the best re- turn from his grain fields. The dis- astrous results in many prairie sections during the last two years occasioned by liie high winds should make this sub- ject one of vast importance to the farmer, and every assistance offered by the government should be taken full ad- vantage of. To help the agriculturists overcome this seemingly great misfortune which any year attend their efforts, and to aid them in making ihrir prairie homes assume tlie most ;itir.'u-tive appenrancc, addiu!^ conitdrt a^ wrll .is |ili';isure, the Dominiiiu (lovenmu'iil throusjh the l>o- partmeni of the Interior, has established tiie Forest Nursery Stations, the chief of which is at Indian Head. Saskatchewan, and the most important branch at Suther- land, Sask. Comprising three hundred and twenty acres of average prairie land and operated untler the superintendency of James ^IcLean. this nursery station, serves the greatest need of the prairie farmer, who may more or less success- fully cope with other difficulties, but who in the face of the soil-drifting pro- blem finds himself helpless except as lu takes advantages of the solution af- frrded through the planting of trees. Fitndiii!^ of Xiirscry The land for this forestry farm w
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