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is concentrated largely in the Lake States and in the southern pine 

 region, the states, in order of importance in this activity, being: 

 Michigan, Wisconsin, Idaho (largely from Savenac nursery), Wash- 



FIG. 56. Slash pine planted on Boy Scout tract, Camp A 1 Siloh, Georgia. 



ington (from Wind River nursery), West Virginia, Colorado, and 

 Montana. 



In a recent year about 22 million trees grown and distributed by 



FIG. 57. Beal Nursery, Huron National forest, Michigan, where large numbers 

 of conifers are grown for planting in the Lake States. 



states in cooperation with the Federal Government under the Clarke- 

 McNary law were planted in windbreaks, shelterbelts, and woodlots 

 by farmers. 



