erosion. How would parks, play grounds, lake sides, 

 river banks and other tracts of ground set aside for 

 amusements look without trees? If the trees and 

 forests were not protected soon everything would 

 look bare. Many of the people's comforts and con- 

 veniences come from the forests. Most of the houses 

 are made of white pine and the furniture is made 

 mostly of walnut, ash and maple trees. More trees 

 must be planted or soon we will have to go without 

 furniture when the old trees are all used up. 



If all the trees get chopped down or burned and none 

 planted in their place, Minnesota would be entirely 

 out of lumber in a very few years. In Europe sever- 

 al countries have made a law that if the people chop 

 down any number of trees or some have been burned, 

 they must plant as many as have been destroyed. 



Minnesota has set out plans to plant trees where 

 others have been destroyed in some way and they 

 also plant more wherever they have room. 



Years ago people did not believe that forest fires 

 were dangerous, but now since the last great fire they 

 have found out that if they do not get busy and plant 

 more trees and try their best to protect them they will 

 not have many more left. 



Cattle and sheep should not be pastured in woods 

 because they destroy the young seedling trees. Wood 

 boring and leaf eating insects should be killed if there 

 are not too many so that the expense of the work is 

 not too great. 



Plant more trees ! If trees and forests are not 

 planted Minnesota will not rank so high in the ex- 

 porting of lumber as it used to only a few decades ago. 



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