β Scribed by McElhanney, T. A.
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Natural Resources through Chemical Research, held during the Annuol Meeting o f the Society in Canada on lune 21, 1938) l'lic wootl-rising iiidustrics of Cniiiii1:i iiiny he clivi~lctl into two iiinjor groiips, i i : i i i i c l ~ ( I ) The l'dp iilitl h p c r Iiidustry, niid (2) Tlic 'l'iiiiber Iiitlustry, Toptlicr they coiist.it.utc Cniiirtln's third Inrgtst iiitlustry. I t is iiot ~irop~seetl iii this pn~icr to tleiil with the p i l p iiiitl p p c r iiiclustry, biit riitlier to clevote iittciitioii to tdic timhcr niitl relatctl iiitl\istrics.
The forests of Ciiiintlii csteiitl in :I coiit iiiuoiis lick froiii tlic r\tliiiitic Owiiii to the L' ncific Ocenii. (:ciier:illy spiking, oiily iii t Iic irorthrir portioii of the lhiiiiioii wlierc cliiiiiitic coiiditioiis iirc too scwre for t ri!c groivt.11, in the southcrii part of the tlircc iiiitltlle wcstwii proviiiccs which consist largely of opci~ plains, nut1 iii portioiis of tlic iiioiiiitniii districts \vlierc tlic :iltitixlc is too grciit for tree growth, is tlic coiiiitq iiicnpiil~lc of growiiig forests.
;\part froiii tlic iirciis \vliicli :ire iiiorc v:ilunl)lc for fiiriii crops tliiiii for tree gro\vtli, there is ii vast itreit of over linlf ii iiiillioii squiire iiiilcs wliicli is ciiI):iblc of protluciiig siiccessivc crops of tiinbrr.
Ciiiintlii is fortuiintc iii tlic vnricty of its tree spccics. J i i soiiic
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