. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestry Journal, January, 1919 15 bilities are in store for industries along these lines. As pointed out by the Director of Forestry in an address before the Canadian Forestry Asso- ciation at Winnipeg in 1913, Manitoba may yet become a great forest province. The informa- tion in this connection given in the following paragraphs are obtained from this source. Northern Manitoba offers an attractive field for the practice of commercial forestry. Several European countries, with similar conditions in respect to geo
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestry Journal, January, 1919 15 bilities are in store for industries along these lines. As pointed out by the Director of Forestry in an address before the Canadian Forestry Asso- ciation at Winnipeg in 1913, Manitoba may yet become a great forest province. The informa- tion in this connection given in the following paragraphs are obtained from this source. Northern Manitoba offers an attractive field for the practice of commercial forestry. Several European countries, with similar conditions in respect to geological and climatic conditions have made great successes of such ventures, and are deriving handsome revenues from them. Investigations have shown that the rate of tree growth in Manitoba compares favourably with that in Germany, France, and Sweden. Sweden's Example. The case of Sweden might be cited as an indication of what could be hoped for in Mani- toba by following a suitable forest policy. Swe- den is a northern country having similar con- ditions of climate and soil, much of it being underlain by a granite formation like that of the area. It is about equal in extent to Northern Manitoba, its total area being 1 72,876 square miles as compared with Northern Mani- toba's area of 1 78,100 square miles. By following a systematic forestry policy dur- ing recent years Sweden has placed the industry on a profitable basis, and is now receiving a national revenue and providing employment for thousands of her people, at the same time pro- viding for replenishing the forest supply in pro- portion to the consumption. In 1905 her wood- working industries included 1,370 saw-mills, 1 38 pulp-mills and 20 match factories, giving em- ploymen to 56,424 people. The government forests themselves employed a staff of 971 rangers and officials, and yet yielded a net revenue of $2,122,625. The total values of her forest products for the year were $107,000,000. Comparing this with Ma
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