Home Markets and No. 9 



THE passage of No. 9, the State Forests Amendment, No- 

 vember 3rd will bring about the development of lands 

 which under our present laws will become wastes and 

 unproductive. It authorizes the management of all untillable 

 State Lands and the forests on them according to forestry 

 principles. This will provide homes and steady employment 

 for many families. It will build roads, start schools and de- 

 velop nearby agricultural tracts. 



The state owns areas of nonagricultural forest land. If 

 our present policy is allowed to continue, these remaining 

 forests will be cut down by private interests with no thoughts 

 for reforestation and the land, unfit for agriculture, as it is, 

 will remain an area of waste. 



But, by properly handling these lands, they can be con- 

 verted into a perpetual mine of wealth. Land at present de- 

 tested will be re-seeded and planted. Mature trees will be 

 it and their places taken by vigorous young growth. The 

 rests will be managed like a farm crop and not like a mine, 

 "hey will be harvested and reseeded and not destroyed. 

 The seasonable harvesting, manufacturing and planting of 

 forests crops will employ permanently thousands of men 

 md horses. They will need supplies. Thousands of dollars' 

 worth of meat, vegetbles, grain and hay will be needed. Per- 

 manent home markets will be created and the surrounding 

 farming districts will be able to dispose of their products in a 

 profitable manner. 



The demand created for farm produce will cause the settle- 

 ment of nearby agricultural areas now vacant. Thriving com- 

 munities will be established; roads will be built; schools 

 started and industries developed. Our farm lands employ a 

 large number of men. The forest lands can be made to do 

 likewise. Germany keeps one steady man per every hundred 

 acres of forests. 



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