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one hundred and thirty-eight dollars. A little later it was re- 

 sold, still on the same spot for one hundred and sixty-four dol- 

 lars. This is not at all an exceptional occurrence, but it would 

 be highly unlikely that the same farmer should sell his wheat 

 at fifty cents a bushel if it were bringing a dollar and a half 

 on the market. 



In any nation-wide planning for the forests of tomorrow 

 these farm woodlands must be given an important place. 



A WIND BREAK 



To protect crops from drying and from destructive winds farmers sometimes sur- 

 round their farms with lines of tall trees. Lombardy poplar is a favorite for this 

 purpose or alternate poplars and cedars. 



Teaching the farmer the value of his woodland crop and teach- 

 ing him to bring it to the same high degree of productivity 

 that European farmers have attained is all part of our forest 

 problem. This ought not be difficult for the woodlands of this 

 country are capable of reaching and even passing the degree of 

 productiveness normally secured on the continent. 



Whatever happens on this enormous forest acreage in farm 

 ownership is important to the country as a whole. There is so 

 much of it, that to lie idle or partially idle, is bound to produce 



