. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. '6 Canadian Forestry Journal, May, Tliiy pliotograph shows what can be done on the 'treeless plains' if man will only give nature a chance. The picture was taken in Assiniboian Park, Winnipeg, which was set aside as a park only about five years ago. Some natural timber was grow- ing in sections of it, but tree planting was successful in developing the area into a tine public playground. If you know these Facts, tell your Neighbor ! f The forest products of Canada are worth 172 million dollars everv vear. Xo other c
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. '6 Canadian Forestry Journal, May, Tliiy pliotograph shows what can be done on the 'treeless plains' if man will only give nature a chance. The picture was taken in Assiniboian Park, Winnipeg, which was set aside as a park only about five years ago. Some natural timber was grow- ing in sections of it, but tree planting was successful in developing the area into a tine public playground. If you know these Facts, tell your Neighbor ! f The forest products of Canada are worth 172 million dollars everv vear. Xo other crop compares with it in value. The wheat production is worth 50 million dollars a year less. Yet the continuance and development of this enormous harvest of trees does not con- flict in any sense with the enlarging of the wheat or any other agricultural crop. On the contrary, the preservation of the forests is the best guarantee of the fertility of the Canadian farm. Forest Conservation has no quarrei with the reasonable and patriotic lumberman. Correct methods of forest management maintain and increase both the productive- ness and the capital value of forest land an i draw from it the best return it is capa- ble of giving. Forest Conservation does not mean a '' Hands Off'' sign on every area of trees. It means Care as opposed to Carelessness, Construction as opposed to Destruction, Good Use as opposed to Abuse. The Con- servationist is not a faddist. He believes in cutting crops of trees with an eye to future as well as present profit. He does not look on a forest as a silver mine, to be gouge:, out as fast as possible and aban- doned as a waste. The Federal and Provincial Governments of Canada oivn 99 per cent, of the forest lands. A very considerable part of these lands are under lease, but the owners-hip remains vested in the people. The situation in the United States is a remarkable con- trast. There, the people possess a title to not more than one-fifth of their magnific
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