Stands for Good Business. 



As forestry has not been practiced in Minnesota, we are 

 unable to tell to the cent just what the profits are from rais- 

 ing timber as a crop. We must, therefore, satisfy ourselves 

 with experience gathered in other countries and by compari- 

 sons, we will be able to see that forestry is a paying proposi- 

 tion, that it stands for good business. 



White pine plantations, fifty years old in New England, with 

 average marketing conditions have produced from $1.00 to 

 $4.00 per acre, per year net profit, in addition to 5 per cent 

 compound interest on all money invested. 



Profits in Europe. 



Forests in European countries have produced a net profit of 

 from $2.00 per acre up to $9.00. France and Germany realize 

 a net revenue of $2.00 per acre from all her forests. Switzer- 

 land from $3.00 to $9.00, Saxony $5.30. 



These figures bring out, that in addition to the beneficient 

 effects exercised by the forests, they also produce a handsome 

 innual revenue. 



The best excelsior is made from basswood, or linden. Aspen 

 ind cottonwood, however, supply nearly half of the total amount 

 nanufactured. 



The better wood engravings are made almost exclusively of 

 boxwood, and the large blocks are made of small pieces glued 

 together. The engraving is done across the end of the grain. 

 Japanese wood prints, on the other hand, are made on lengthwise 

 sections of cherry zvood parallel to the grain. 



Throughout the national forests the rangers are posting the 

 roads with permanent guide signs which tell distances and direc- 

 tions, especially at forks and cross-roads. The signs are usually 

 put up in the winter when other work tends to be light. On some 

 forests the rangers go on snowshoes, dragging loaded sleds and 

 nail the signboards to the roadside trees. 



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