Besides poplar, there are other similar woods in Minnesota 

 that can be utilized. There are comparatively large quantities 

 of ash, some maple, some basswood, a great deal of birch, etc., 

 says Mr. Buhler. 



Poplar Raising to Be Profitable. 



Much of the land that now has popple standing on it will 

 be utilized for agriculture in a short time, says Mr. Buhler. 

 It is good agricultural land. But there still remains the fact 

 that there are 15,000,000 acres of non-agricultural land in 

 Northern Minnesota. If popple is planted on this land there 

 will- be an everlasting source of great wealth. The setting 

 aside of these non-agricultural lands for the purposes of rais- 

 ing timber is one of the greatest needs in the state, according 

 to Mr. Buhler. 



The results of the investigation carried on for the state 

 forests service by Mr. Buhler, means simply this: Minne- 

 sota has a great resource in popple timber that is not yet 

 realized. It will be a never-ending source of wealth. North- 

 ern Minnesota possesses most of it. Once despised, poplar 

 is coming into its own to contribute to the wealth of the North 

 Star State. The homesteader will be cheered. It will be his 

 salvation. 



The state of Nezu York has just published a comprehensive 



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report of its wood-using industries. 



Minnesota has a forested area of 28 million acres, the largest 

 of any state east of the Rocky Mountains. 



There are approximately four million acres of timber land in 

 AVa r Hampshire of which about half is in fanners' woodlots. 



Canada has established a forest products laboratory in connec- 

 tion with McGill University at Montreal, on the lines of the 

 United States institution of the same sort at the University of 

 Wisconsin, 



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