. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 1220 Canadian Forestry Journal, July, 1917 Fertile Farms and Run-down Forests That the great plateaus at the ends of the Nottawasaga Valley in Ontario vividly illustrate the crazy policy of stripping forest lands and leaving their rehabilitation to chance, is one of the conclusions reached by "Ahmik" in the Toronto Globe in the course of a colorful, well-written article. Ahmik describes the great beauty of the valley and the prosperity of the farms and thenâ "But all is not as it should be even here. The pl
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 1220 Canadian Forestry Journal, July, 1917 Fertile Farms and Run-down Forests That the great plateaus at the ends of the Nottawasaga Valley in Ontario vividly illustrate the crazy policy of stripping forest lands and leaving their rehabilitation to chance, is one of the conclusions reached by "Ahmik" in the Toronto Globe in the course of a colorful, well-written article. Ahmik describes the great beauty of the valley and the prosperity of the farms and thenâ "But all is not as it should be even here. The plateau at the southern end of the Great Saucer is, in large part, a mass of sand. The elevations at the northern end. in form like the waves of the Atlantic, are also of sand. At one time dense forests of pine covered both the northern and southern rims of the Great Saucer Years ago, however, the mature, trees were stripped to the last stick, the young growth was destroyed by hre, and great stretches of sand, unfit for agricultural purposes, were left al- most wholly barren. Had these areas been treated with intelligence the forest growth would have been made a source of permanent income and the bush would have given to the valley an even greater measure of protection than is enjoyed now. By the removal of the forest vast stretches of sand have been exposed tliat even now are a menace to the rich lands of the valley and will be a steadily growing menace with each passing year. Nature Needs Assistance Nature is endeavoring to prevent the full measure of evil for which man's folly has prepared the way. Here and there on the southern plateau seedling pines have sprung up. On the sand dunes at the north, which by one of those strange freaks in nomenclature are called the "Huckle- berry Plains," seedling pines are more numerous still. If these areas were merely enclosed, and fires kept out, Nature would ere many years re- clothe the barren places with timber. The process c
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