Open country like what is often seen in the forest regions of Minnesota. This sketch 

 is taken on the road bordering Turtle Lake near Buena Vista, Beltrami County. In many 

 instances nature unaided does not completely stock a forest, but leaves frequent blank spaces. 

 It requires forestry science to utilize all the surface with valuable trees. 



What forestry science does. This is a German forest of spruce planted and managed according 

 to forestry science; trees about 80 and 100 years old. Observe how closely the trees stand. Where 



