your evergreen trees, dip roots again in a mud puddle, 

 place in a basket and cover over with heavy cloth. As 

 fast as a hole is dug shove earth over roots and con- 

 tinue - till all are thus dropped, then go back and 

 place each tree as you wish it to grow. Don't trim 

 them. Strict compliance with this rule will save every 

 evergreen tree if the nursery has dug and packed them 

 right. 



PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST 



THROUGH the generosity of some of the members 

 of the State Forestry Board a prize essay contest 

 was announced in all the public schools of the state on 

 the subject: "Why Trees and Forests Should Be 

 Planted and Protected in Minnesota." All children of 

 the seventh and eighth grades were eligible. The con- 

 test closed on May first with three hundred and twenty- 

 four essays in the secretary's hands. These papers are 

 now being classified as rapidly as possible by the 

 judges and it is hoped that we can print the prize win- 

 ners in the next issue of the North AVoods. 



The essays as a whole are unusually good. They 

 show much thought and reading in the preparation. 

 If only the grown folks were as staunch believers in 

 the forests as are these children! There should be 

 "something doing" when they "grow up". Here's 

 luck to their growth. 



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