. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 12 Canadian I'c-t-'i'rij Journal. , 1912. their cars, were forced to go to the south- ern states for most of it, and also send a man to follow the order up. He thought the forestry movement should have been started years ago, and criticized the gov- ernment in regard to its attitude to forest fires, especially along the line of the In- tercolonial railway. His efforts to get the Intercolonial to assist in the protection of his lands from fire had been without re- sult, and as a result they had burned ujd about ha
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 12 Canadian I'c-t-'i'rij Journal. , 1912. their cars, were forced to go to the south- ern states for most of it, and also send a man to follow the order up. He thought the forestry movement should have been started years ago, and criticized the gov- ernment in regard to its attitude to forest fires, especially along the line of the In- tercolonial railway. His efforts to get the Intercolonial to assist in the protection of his lands from fire had been without re- sult, and as a result they had burned ujd about half of his timber. In the Maritime Provinces the railway's were the most de- structive agency, then the fishermen and then the settlers clearing land. He had himself ordered trees from Germany and was about to try reforestration work. Mr. N. S. Dunlop replied on behalf of the railways. He believed the C. P. R. would co-operate in any measures that would tend to keep down the fires along the railways. He had been himself try- ing to instil ideas of conservation into the employees of the C. P. E. The singing of the National Anthem men closed the banquet. Thursday Morning. The session of Thursday opened at ten o'clock. Mr. N. M. Ross, Chief of the Tree Plant- ing Division of the Forestry Branch, open- ed the program with a short account of the work done by the Forestry Branch in the free distribution of trees to the farmers on the prairies. He explained the regula- tions and touched on the results of the dis- tribution. He favored the establishment of a Dominion laboratory especially with a view to the conducting experiments in wood preservation. Mr. R. D. Prettie, Chief Forestry In- spector for the C. P. R., touched on the question of the work being done by the C. P. R., especially at the timber preser- vation plant connected with that corpor- ation. Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt outlined the work being carried on by the Department of Entomology of the Central Experimental Farm, with speci
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