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  No. 154
April-May, 1949
Tree Planting Car On Its
Twenty-Ninth Prairie Tour


 Inspection team
Before setting out on its 29th tour of the prairies, the Canadian Forestry Association's tree planting car received a complete internal overhauling and a new coat of paint at Weston shops in Winnipeg. Later, officials of the railway and the association gathered on the car to inspect its face-lifting. Shown here at the ceremony in the Winnipeg depot are (l to r):  H. Chester, John Coats, Murray Pratt, H.A. Greeniaus, H. Arkle, Alan Beavan, F. Trimble, W.F. Tully, C.E. Hayles, W. Manson, C.A.E. Hensley, John Richardson, J.R. Almey, N.R. DesBrisay, J.L. Sugden.

After a complete overhauling at Weston shops, the Canadian Forestry Association's tree planting car was returned to the association by the CPR in an official ceremony recently at the Company's depot in Winnipeg. Shortly afterwards the travelling classroom left on its 29th tour of the prairies to instruct farmers in the latest techniques of soil conservation.
 
Speaking for the association, C.E. Hayles, Winnipeg, newly appointed national president, said that the chief asset of the car was that it took the message and knowledge of shelter belt planting right to the farmer in his own community. He reported that since the car went into operation 28 years ago it has travelled 65,000 miles across the prairies and had an attendance of more than two million persons.
 
"Since the car started on the road about 250 million trees have been planted on the prairies", Mr. Hayles said. "About half of the prairie farmers have planted some trees and about 25 percent of them have good belts".
 
Coloured sound films on the work of the association in the west were shown in the car's classroom by Alan Beaven, manager of the prairie provinces division.
 
A number of railway officials headed by William Manson, vice-president of the Company's prairie region, attended the occasion. John Richardson and C.A.E. Hensley, directors of the association, were also present.
 

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