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A Permanent Pennsylvania Forest 

 that pays $40 per Acre Every Year 



Near Tort Matilda, Pennsylvania, Cristian Sharer owns 

 about 100 acres of Chestnut, Oak and White Pine timber. 

 Fifteen years ag:o everything marketable was removed from 

 this tract, without destroying the young growth. Last 

 winter the ripe timber on the tract was cut again. 



From five average acres Mr. Sharer sold 700 telephone 

 ])oles, fifteen cars of small ties and props and has quite 

 a number of railroad ties and considerable saw lumber. 

 The telephone poles brought $3,000, f. o. b. cars; cut- 

 ting and hauling them cost $350. The small stuff sold 

 brought $225 net; we have no figures on the value of the 

 other lumber harvested. The net amount of cash re- 

 otived was $2,S75. It figures $38.33 for each acre every 

 year. 



Another fifteen years should produce a crop equally as 

 hea\y as this one. The work required by the timber on 

 this rough land is less than a quarter of the amount neces- 

 sary in growing wheat, corn or oats — w^hile the returns are 

 double what those crops pay on the very best land. 



It you have any sized area which in the light of these 

 facts needs timber, let us help you put timber on it. 

 Kvery farm in the country should have fifteen per cent, 

 of its area in permanent forest. Many farms would be 

 better if entirely in timber. 



We are growers of seedlings and transplanted trees for 

 forestry planting, and have specialized in this line of stock 

 for over fifty years. We have the facilities, the men and 

 the skill necessary to grow and handle trees right, and 

 will see that your operations are started properly if you 

 ask our advice. 



We can deliver stock to either coast in two or three 

 dajs. We want to co-operate with every man in the coun- 

 trv who is interested in planting timber. Ask for "The 

 Forest Planter's Guide"— a 24-page booklet full of help- 

 ful suggestions and truthful descriptions. Wire for 

 jirices if in a hurry. 



The D. Hill Nursery Co., Inc. 



Evergreen Specialists— Largest Growers in the World 



Box 501 



Dundee, Illinois 



