cedar here frequently stands so dense that they are difficult 

 to penetrate. Poplar and birch here maintain their best de- 

 velopment and, if fires are kept out, will furnish material for 

 many mills in the future. The soil in this district is a rich 

 loam, the same as that in the Red River valley, so that it is 

 being cleared for farming. There are in the state, however, 

 many millions of acres of rough, stony lands, and poor sandy 

 or gravelly lands, suitable only for the production of timber, 

 and capable, with fire protection and conservative logging, of 

 supplying continuously far more lumber than is now annually 

 cut in the State." 



"A beginning has been made by the newly organized State 

 Forest Service to protect the forests from fire, to secure a 

 greater economy in the utilization of forest products, to en- 

 courage the use of species of trees other than those now cut, 

 and to differentiate between agricultural and forest land with 

 a view to perpetuating the forests upon land which will pro- 

 duce a greater profit in growing timber than in agricultural 

 crops." 



If the grown people could but realize this, which the chil- 

 dren will learn so easily, an appreciation of the northern 

 part of the State would be assured. 



Notes 



On April 15th the Junior Class of the College of Forestry 

 left for Itasca Park, where they will continue their school 

 work until next September under the direction of Prof. John 

 P. Wentling. They took along a cook and a suppply of pro- 

 visions that should last some time. They will live in the 

 large, log bunkhouse built by the school and run their own 

 boarding house in the cookshack. 



The class is organized into a close corporation for the co- 

 operative management of all its business. The general care 

 of the camp as well as the dining table is looked after by 

 the corporation. It is a matter of tradition that the camp 

 should be left in the best possible shape and the expense 



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