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tree makes good lumber, but that grown in the 

 open is often fit only for firewood. 



When the pole trees have reached the age of 



STANDARDS 



fifty or sixty years they are from one to two feet 

 thick. Then they are called "standards." While 

 the trees have been growing taller, they have also 

 been increasing in size in thickness as well as 

 in height. As a full-grown man needs more food 



STORY OF THE FOREST -5 



