venting floods and keeping water in all rivers all 

 the time. 



"We have to have timber to manufacture many 

 necessaryo articles such as furniture, farm machinery, 

 boxes, crates and other things. 



Near valuable forests manufacturing of articles re- 

 quiring wood begins, furnishes work for many men 

 and thus encourages growth of large cities. 



Therefore forests should be planted and protected 

 in Minnesota to make it an attractive, wealthy state, 

 also a beautiful one as wooded regions are always 

 very picturesque. 



Why Trees Should Be Planted And Protected 

 In Minnesota. 



BY MARIE TRIPLETT, 

 Parkers Prairie, Minn. 



The people of Minnesota have used all the trees 

 they have needed and more too. They have cut out 

 the big trees and have left the stumps and brush. 

 The stumps will decay and hinder the growth of new 

 trees. They have let old trees decay without setting 

 any more out in their place and they have been care- 

 less in letting fires destroy the trees. 



The people of Europe have been having to culti- 

 vate their forests for a long time and the time has 

 come when Minnesota must do something to protect 

 their forests as the timber is getting more scarce 

 every year. 



The trees of Minnesota are needed greatly for pro- 

 tection. A good grove of trees is needed around a 



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