. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 26 Canadian foratr]) Journal, January, 1920. A complete story in two pictures, illustrating- u common Canadian blunder in land manage- ment and colonization. The photographs weie taken of a section in the Trent Valley of Ontario where large areas adapted only to timber growing were thrown open to agriculture. An ambitious young farmer built his shack, cleared a few acres, secured a few crops, and then prepared for a happv future by building more commodious quarters, as shown in the lower picture. A vear or two passed by a
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 26 Canadian foratr]) Journal, January, 1920. A complete story in two pictures, illustrating- u common Canadian blunder in land manage- ment and colonization. The photographs weie taken of a section in the Trent Valley of Ontario where large areas adapted only to timber growing were thrown open to agriculture. An ambitious young farmer built his shack, cleared a few acres, secured a few crops, and then prepared for a happv future by building more commodious quarters, as shown in the lower picture. A vear or two passed by and his land â 'pinched ; The soil was never adapted for field crops. Here we have an instance, unhappily typical of thousands of others, where Land Class ification would save an industrious settler from years of wasted effort. It would also retain such forever under tlieir only profitable cropâ 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 Association. [Ottawa] : Canadian Forestry Association
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