plan to make an investigation as to the increase in 

 value of an acre of trees per year under Dakota and 

 Montana conditions. 



T. A. HOVERSTAD, 

 Department ot' Marketing and Organization, 



N. Dakota Agricultural College. 

 April 9, 1919. 



University Farm, St. Paul, March 20, 1919. 

 Mr. W. T. Cox, State Forester, 

 State Capitol, Minn. 

 Dear Mr. Cox : 



In regard to the use of planted groves from a finan- 

 cial standpoint, I might say that my father planted 

 trees along the road when he took his homestead some 

 forty years ago and three or four acres of trees about 

 the buildings. Most of these trees were the white 

 willow and we have been using them for fuel and fence 

 posts for the past 25 years and I would say that they 

 have been very profitable. We find that a willow fence 

 post will last from five to eight years and makes good 

 fuel at the end of that time. 



I believe that there are a great many farmers 

 throughout the state that could give you a similar ex- 

 perience. I would estimate that our grove has been 

 equal to at least $100 a year for fuel and fence posts 

 for the past 25 years. 



Yours very truly, 



A. J. McGUIRE, 



Dairy Specialist, University of Minn. 

 March 24, 1919. 



