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to native white and norway pine it will become the 

 resort of thousands of sportsmen, health and pleas- 

 ure seekers; that the revenue from this source will 

 equal, if not surpass, the benefits to be derived 

 from farming; that it will not only prove of great 

 commercial value to the people of that section from 

 a forestry standpoint, but will assist and aid in its 

 agricultural development. If thousands of people 

 visit this place in a season, the farmers and people 

 living there will be the ones to profit thereby. There 

 is no class of people better able or more willing to 

 pay high prices for good farm products than the 

 tourist. Another source of profit is, that the grow- 

 ing and harvesting of a crop of trees and replanting 

 when cut furnishes an opportunity lor the employ- 

 ment of laboring men. Forestry will aid in making 

 the whole area productive, something which cannot 

 be if non-agricultural land is not planted to trees. 

 A well-established and continually maintained forest 

 will give employment through planting, care, har- 

 vesting and manufacture to a great number of 

 people. The opportunity for a splendid forest re- 

 serve, for a State Park where the people from all 

 parts of Wisconsin can journey and enjoy out-of- 

 door life coupled with the farm development of the 

 good agricultural lands and the natural beauties of 

 this region, should make it the finest in Wisconsin 

 and one of the best in the United States. 



