COLLEGE AND STATE 



field. Farmers should raise the larger 

 part of their farm lumber and timber, as 

 they should raise their own meat and but- 

 ter and fruit and silage. It is all the more 

 remarkable that the farm forests do not 

 receive attention since they exert great in- 

 fluence in maintaining the sources and con- 

 trolling the flow of streams, in preventing 

 floods, in protecting game, and in making 

 the country attractive. Their value ex- 

 tends far beyond the particular farm on 

 which they stand. The proper destiny of 

 much of the so-called "abandoned" farm 

 land is to grow forests. Much of the re- 

 mote and agriculturally unprofitable land 

 should be owned by townships and counties 

 (or by the state), and be used for forest. 

 In time these lands should return a fair 

 revenue to the communities. 



We think of farming as a dry-land busi- 

 ness. It is a fact, however, that an acre of 

 water may be made to yield more food than 

 an average acre of land. There are tens of 

 thousands of acres of fresh water in many 

 states, and great expanses of salt water. 

 In time we shall cultivate these fresh waters 

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