lars to build an enclosure in Itasca Park and stock 

 it with elk. 



Poplar has been considered a useless, grade of tim- 

 ber material. In spite of all this, in Minnesota dur- 

 ing 1913, thirty three million five hundred thousand 

 feet of poplar timber was cut and marketed, this 

 being about two per cent of the lumber cut in the 

 state. 



Nearly every large city has some large park within 

 its limits kept in a more or less natural condition as 

 a recreation ground for its people, thus influencing 

 health. The trees can be planted anywhere and it does 

 not cost very much to keep them. 



Why Forests Should Be Planted And Protected 

 In Minnesota. 



BY CECIL BROWNELL, 

 Tofte, Minn. 



Trees should not only be planted and protected but 

 the young growth should be saved also. 



There should be at least as many trees planted as 

 are cut each year. Considering the amount of timber 

 cut besides what dies, there would soon be no forests 

 if a system of planting and protection were not main- 

 tained. 



The government and also the state have a good 

 system of protection for our forests, but the men are 

 too few to cover the amount of territory needing 

 protection. 



The main part of the timber operators seem to wish 

 to hinder instead of help the forest officers. Instead 



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