bundles is seen in the handling of them; all the roots were 

 on the bottom and shaded by the tops, and could be easily 

 kept from drying. When the field was reached, the bundles 

 were buried in the ground, with the tops left out, at regular 

 intervals along the field so as to be near when planting. 

 Two men making holes, two men planting, and one man car- 

 rying trees made the best combination. The trees were all 

 carried in pails containing 4 to 5 inches of water. 



Form the gathering of the seed to the time the trees are 

 left in their permanent place to grow into saw logs seems a 

 great deal of work and the general impression would be that 

 it would be very costly. It might be if only a few trees -were 

 grown, but where any number of trees are grown, 100,000 or 

 more, the cost is not great. A tree raised and set out the 

 way described can be put out in its final 'place for less than 

 one cent. This includes seed, labor, transplanting, cost of 

 seedbed and everything connected with the raising and plant- 

 ing of the tree. 



When this cost of less than one cent for a tree planted is 

 considered and the fact taken into consideration that there 

 is no more cultivation necessary and you are through with 

 the tree when it is planted, the wonder is that so few trees 

 have been planted ere this. With private parties the answer 

 is, long time to realize on the trees, fire, and taxes. 



With the state which pays no taxes, and which lives on 

 indefinitely, the answer was fire and 1 the present laws. Hav- 

 ing now the state forest service, fire is no longer an argu- 

 ment, and if the people will realize what it means to them 

 and to the state the amendment to the constitution which the 

 legislature is putting up to them to vote on this fall at the 

 regular fall election providing for the setting aside of non- 

 agricultural state lands for forestry purposes will be passed 

 and this state will be a true conservationist. 



Pennsylvania and Louisiana have already revised their tax 

 laws and now in those states it is a profitable investment for 

 a private individual to start plantations of trees, as it is to 

 start any other plantation as sugar, rubber, etc., in countries 

 other than ours, where all of the American capital goes to 

 developing countries other than our own, 



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