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AMERICAN FORESTEY 



forested. This action is the culmination of 

 five years' experiments in tree planting in 

 that district, during which 750 acres have been 

 reforested. An appropriation of about $100,- 

 000 is necessary, and if it is granted the work 

 of turning the slopes of Colorado's most 

 famous mountain into a vast forest will be- 

 gin next year. 



The task will be a gigantic one. An aver- 

 age of 1,000 trees will be planted on each 

 acre, which means 20,000,000 trees. Yellow 

 pine and Douglass fir will be the species used. 

 These trees reach a size sufficient for railroad 

 tie manufacture in about ninety years. The ef- 

 fect of their presence will be seen in the 

 water supply of the district long before they 

 reach that growth, however. 



The officials have selected Pikes peak for 

 the first great Colorado reforesting enterprise 

 principally because Colorado Springs, Pueblo, 

 Victor and a thickly populated agricultural 

 country get much of their water from its 

 slopes. 



The effect of the new forests will be seen 

 in a few years. The trees and other vegeta- 

 tion will check the melting of the snow in 

 spring, thus distributing the spring floods 

 through the "dry" months. 



This forestry district collected last year 

 12,000 pounds of pine and fir seeds in pre- 

 paration for this and other reforesting ven- 

 tures. Each pound represents approximately 

 a bushel of cones and costs about $1. 



California 



The Federal Department of Forestry lo- 

 cated at Los Angeles has begun the work of 

 reforestation on the southern California na- 

 tional reserve. This is under way in the 

 Santa Ana canyon near Seven Oaks. At 

 that point 40,000 conifers, hardy varieties of 

 pine, fir and redwood will be planted. 



San Diego is perhaps the first of Ameri- 

 can cities to inaugurate a great forestry en- 

 terprise in the expectation of speedily de- 

 creasing the rate of taxation and possibly of 

 ultimately relieving the citizens of all pay- 

 ment of taxes for the support of the city 

 government. The city owns 7,000 acres of 

 land, which up to the present time has been 

 unproductive. Forty thousand seedings of 

 the eucalyptus tree have been set out. The 

 city officials expect when the forest is twenty- 

 five years old it will yield $17"> worth of 

 timber per acre annually. That means 

 $1,225,000 a year. With expenses deducted, 

 this will leave a profit which will go far 

 toward reducing the burder of taxation. 



Oregon 



Plantations of useful trees are to be es- 

 tablished in Eastern Oregon in the districts 

 where the settlers are finding need for nearby 

 fuel supply and timber for fence posts. The 

 State Forestry, in connection with the For- 

 estry Department of the State Agricultural 

 College, will carry on experiments to learn 

 tiee-planting possibilities. 



Plantations will be started to learn what 

 trees makes the best growth in Eastern Ore- 

 gon soil and the information will be fur- 

 nished to ranchers so that they may have 

 the benefit of this experience in developing 

 their farm lands. The inquiry will be ex- 

 tended to determine the best shade and orna- 

 mental trees for the various sections of the 

 interior. 



Indiana 



E. J. Hancock, Secretary of the Indiana 

 Forestry Association, has just completed the 

 organization of the Cass County branch of 

 the Indiana Forestry Association. Already 

 twelve counties in the state have been or- 

 ganized and will work in connection with 

 the central body toward preserving the for- 

 est land of the State, stimulating interest in 

 the care of trees and in the planting of new 

 ones. 



The Cass County Horticultural Society, 

 already well organized and with a particular 

 interest in the care, preservation and growth 

 of fruit trees, will form a valuable aid to 

 the forestry society. 



Governor Marshall, former Vice-President 

 Fairbanks and other leading men of Indiana 

 are members of the forestry association and 

 have volunteered their services in any county 

 where auxiliary branches are being formed 

 whenever they can spare the time. 



Ohio 



The city of Cleveland has now almost com- 

 pleted a campaign of tree planting which will 

 add 2,000 trees to the 150,000 which help to 

 make Cleveland the Forest City. 



City Forester Rettig's chief work has 

 been ridding the city streets of the poplars. 



Every opportunity has been seized to de- 

 stroy them and replace them with elms, 

 maples or sycamores. The 2,000 trees planted 

 this fall and winter take the place of the 

 poplar. 



Forester Rettig's conservation plans in- 

 clude the adoption of some of the forestry 

 methods in use in Germany and England. 

 With these methods Cleveland could have 

 trees even where grass and good soil are now 

 unknown, Rettig says. 



"They take care of their trees in European 

 cities," said Rettig. "We are doing all we 

 can here, but they are ahead of us in some 

 things, especially in planting. We are as far 

 ir advance in Cleveland in spraying and 

 otherwise treating aees as they are in 

 Europe." 



The local forestry department bought trees 

 for the first time this fall by competitive 

 bidding. The result was a better class of 

 young trees at a cheaper price. The 2,000 

 now being planted cost the city from 75 cents 

 to $1 apiece. 



Forester Rettig looks for Cleveland to re- 

 tain her title of the Forest City despite the 

 continued growth of industries and the con- 

 sequent smoke-laden air so harmful to tree 

 life. 



