best kind of a tree to plant is one that is long lived, as 

 free as possible from injurious insects, and that does not 

 produce a litter, or liave some other very objectionable 

 feature. Tbe choice of trees for Minnesota planting, 

 arranged in tbe order of their merit, may be given as 

 follows : basswood, hackberry and soft maple. 



You can get a tree with a better root system from a 

 nursery than from the woods. A tree about six feet 

 tall will give the best results. Do not plant a large tree. 





SOME FACTS ABOUT SPRUCE 



NOW that there is such a demand for spruce in air- 

 plane manufacture everyone is asking for infor- 

 mation and wanting to know why that particular wood 

 is used. The following, taken from the March bulletin 

 of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, may 

 answer some of these qusetions : 



"The principal stands of spruce are found in 'the 

 extreme western portions of Oregon and Washington 

 and in British Columbia. It is intermingled with Doug- 

 las fir, cedar and hemlock in varying proportions. 



"Because of its stiffness, tough fiber, straight grain 

 and light weight, spruce surpasses all other woods for 

 use in airplanes. It bears the distinction of being the 

 stiffest soft wood for its weight of any wood found in 

 the United States. 



"Its fibers are long and tough, with the result that 

 the wood does not splinter when hit by shrapnel or 

 other flying missiles. 



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