NATIONAL AFFORESTATION 



all be engaged in by the uninitiated when 

 placed under proper supervision. 



In afforestation the best trees to plant are 

 such as will produce the largest amount of the 

 most valuable timber in the shortest space of 

 time. 



Schools of Forestry one for England, 

 Scotland, Wales, and Ireland are recom- 

 mended, the practical part of the education 

 going hand-in-hand with afforestation. 



Home-grown timbers, five at least, have been 

 proved to equal, if not surpass, in quality any 

 that has been sent from abroad. 



The advantages of afforestation, apart 

 altogether from the value of timber produced, 

 in the matter of shelter to farm stock, im- 

 proving the agricultural value of the lower- 

 lying ground, and clothing our bare hill-sides 

 with vegetation, can hardly be overrated. 



To keep pace with war requirements fully 

 one-third of our best timber has been sacri- 

 ficed, and what remains is likely to be heavily 

 drawn upon during the next few years. And, 

 what is equally alarming, with the forests of 



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