Woods are very good as wind breaks against the 

 bitter winter storms. 



If trees were not planted and every year more 

 destroyed the lumberjacks would also be thrown out 

 of employment. 



Some people plant groves on their own land and 

 then get a certain sum of money each year from the 

 government. In that way it helps to encourage the 

 people to plant trees. 



In the future far more care must be taken to keep 

 the timber lands ; to plant new trees wherever there 

 is room; or if they are not planted, lumber will be 

 very scarce and also very high in Minnesota. 



Why Should Trees and Forests Be Planted And 

 Protected In Minnesota? 



BY MARGARET WENZLAFF, 

 Wood Lake, Minn. 



The forest and timber resources of the state of 

 Minnesota are still very large. Thousands and thou- 

 sands of acres in the northern part 

 of the state are covered with dense 

 forests, namely white and Norway 

 or red pine, these being among the 

 most valuable of all timber for lum- 

 ber purposes. Besides these there 

 are in the state large tracts of for- 

 ests of less commercial value such 

 as spruce, cottonwood, ash, elm, 

 birch and Jackpine, etc. 



However, the time is at hand 

 when the people of our state should begin to plant 



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