APPENDIX B 



made the recommendation to Mr. Pinchot that certain 

 tracts of land in the state should be set aside for ex- 

 perimental planting. On Mr. Pinchot's recommenda- 

 tion two forest reserves, one situated between the Dis- 

 mal River and the Middle Loup River, and the other 

 one in Cherry County, were set aside, and within a 

 short time work was begun by the United States For- 

 est Service in the experiment to grow pine trees. This, 

 in short, is the history of the pine tree planting in the 

 sandhills. 



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