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Wherever agriculture is practiced in the plains region, the 

 farmer will find it profitable to devote a few acres of good land 

 to trees. It is true that some time must elapse before the planta- 

 tion will become productive, but, by the choice of rapid grow- 

 ing species and by close spacing, the thinnings which will be nec- 

 essary in a few years will provide material suitable for fuel, stakes 

 and the like. 



The choice of species for this purpose is naturally very limited 

 and will depend somewhat on the location. Trees that grow rap- 

 idly and at the same time produce ^^^ood of good quality are best. 

 If they also sprout from the stumps, the forest may be made per- 

 manent with a little care. 



The pamphlet contains suggestions as to the choice of species, 

 with notes on their requirements, and directions for planting and 

 care. It constitutes Circular 99 of the Forest Service and may 

 be obtained of the Forester, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



YEARBOOK OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, I906. 



The Yearbook contains the annual report of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, 120 pages, and thirty miscellaneous papers, 332 

 pages, covering a wide variety of subjects thoroughly representa- 

 tive of the varied scientific work conducted by the Department. 

 Also an Appendix, 241 pages, and Index, 26 pages. The Appen- 

 dix contains lists of names and post-ofBces of persons prominent 

 in agricultural work in all its branches, including a statement of 

 the Department organization with the names of the persons in 

 charge of the scA^eral branches of work. It presents summaries 

 of agricultural observations in several fields of legislation on for- 

 estry, roads, and game protection, and a statement on the Federal 

 meat inspection law with a review of the animal industry work, 

 unusually full. It closes with the annual statistical tables cover- 

 ing production and prices of the principal crops and farm ani- 

 mals, and the imports and exports of agricultural products. A 

 new feature is a table of cotton production, domestic consumxp- 

 tion, and exports, from 1790 to the present, ancf of prices from 

 1869. 



farmers' BULLETIN 294. 



Farm Practice in the Columbia Basin Uplands. By Byron 

 Hunter, Assistant Agriculturist, Farm Management Investiga- 

 tions, Bureau of Plant Industry. Pp. 32, figs. 9. 



