will he, that all the paper mills, lumber mills and 

 .suirar refineries will he shut down. Thousands of 

 men will he without work. There will be distress, 

 the once thriving industry will be no more. 



The next most important reason for protecting 

 and replanting our forests is for protection. They 

 protect our crops. The wind-breaks, which are com- 

 posed of rows of trees, prevent the hot drying winds 

 from destroying the crops. They protect our property. 

 In the spring, they prevent floods, by hindering the 

 rapid melting of snow, which would cause floods 

 and destruction of property. They protect the rail- 

 roads. The forests prevent the snow from blocking 

 the railroad traffic by keeping the wind from blowing 

 heavy drifts on the tracks. Thus it saves the public 

 from inconvenience and the railroad companies a great 

 expense. They protect the birds and fur-bearing ani- 

 mals. The birds build their nests in the trees of the 

 forest. They eat the insects which destroy the farm- 

 er's crops. Such animals as the lynx, wildcat, wolf, 

 bear and others would be utterly at loss without the 

 forests, because they make their homes there. Valu- 

 able furs are received from these animals. If there 

 were no forests these animals would seek refuge in 

 other states. Thus we would lose these valuable fur- 

 licaring animals. 



Another important reason is for reclaiming waste 

 land. There are large areas in Minnesota that are 

 useless for agriculture, but could be utilized for 

 growing trees. Why allow such land to lay as barren 

 waste land? Farmers very often have small tracts of 

 land, that they make no use of. Trees could be plant- 



