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THE TREE DOCTOR 



Photo 117, A Boarding-House. 



Well, it is no use to spend more time in "firing into" those 

 poor numskulls who are not responsible financially or in any 

 other way for the incalculable damage that they have inflicted 

 on the country. The question arises, how are we going to stop 

 it? The first thing is for the whole country to recognize the 

 planting and care of trees as a science. Whether recognized or 

 not, that's what it is, and as long as the people ignore the fact, 

 just that long the country will be over-run with illiterate crea- 

 tures, of all nationalities, who, if they own an ax and saw, will 

 pose as ''Tree men." If a community must support such a class 

 of vandals, raise your tax levy and pension them, but keep them 

 away from the trees! 



We have agricultural colleges that are doing considerable 

 good, but they are not as practical as they should be. Often a 

 young man from the city will take a three or four years' course 

 in a college and come out as a "farmer." What is needed is not 

 simply a class of graduates with diplomas of standing in the 

 classes of a college, but workmen. In this respect, Europe is a 



