timber growing. This will come in nicely for fuel 

 and building material. Trees ought to be planted 

 in his cow pasture to protect his herd from winter 

 storms and summer's hot sun. In leaving his plot he 

 should fence it in so that stray cattle could not get in 

 and destroy it. 



If we want to have game, furs, birds and berries 

 for the generations coming in the future we should be- 

 gin right now to plant and protect our forests, as 

 game lives in the forests and we get food from it, also 

 berries thrive in the forest. Birds are very useful to 

 the farmers as they protect his crops from insects. 

 Furbearing animals also live in the forests and we 

 need them for clothing. 



State Forests An Economic Necessity 



Ten reasons why Massachusetts should acquire 

 State Forests: 



1. Two-thirds of the lumber we use in Massachu- 

 setts is imported from the South, West and Canada. 



2. We are paying others to grow and manufacture 

 our lumber, and the railroads to haul it to us, when 

 we should be growing and manufacturing it ourselves. 

 We are failing to develop an important natural re- 

 source and endangering an industry of great value. 



3. It costs more for transportation alone to bring 

 lumber from the far West and parts of the South, 

 than to grow it in ^Massachusetts. The time has there- 

 fore arrived when it is profitable to grow timber in 

 this State. So long as lumber could be delivered in 

 Massachusetts at less than it cost to grow and saw 



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