THE BEEF SUPPLY 



crop which could be raised far more so 

 than pasture grass. This profitableness will 

 be discovered ere long, with the result that 

 artificial forests will spread over millions 

 of acres now sandy and bare. 



In Holt county, Neb., some years ago, a 

 bald hill of drifting sand was planted with 

 pine seedlings. Every square rod already 

 has its lusty growth. This Bruner pinery 

 now consists of slightly more than half an 

 acre, the larger part of the original tract 

 having been burned over. An investigation 

 was made in November, 1903, by a govern- 

 ment expert, who found on the present area 

 2,376 trees, mostly jack and yellow pine; 

 626 of them "dominant," 930 "intermedi- 

 ate," and 820 "suppressed" trees. The 820 

 suppressed trees and many of the intermedi- 

 ate have been cut out to give the more 

 promising trees ampler light and space. 

 One of the jack pines cut measured 22 feet 

 in height above the average of its class, 

 though only by a trifle. This tree made a 

 height growth of 2^ feet in 1903. 



The cost of establishing such a plantation 



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