do its share in furthering such a worthy cause, it was 

 decided to make a special offer of trees for Arbor Day 

 planting to any schools within the state. For the sum 

 of twenty-five cents, to cover the cost of packing and 

 mailing, the Cloquet Forest Experiment Station agreed 

 to send twenty-five small evergreen trees. It was 

 intended that the trees be used, not only as memorials, 

 but also for the permanent improvement of the school 

 ground. This offer met with a response more enthus- 

 iastic than had been hoped for. Approximately 350 

 sell; h Is sent in requests for the trees offered for Ar- 

 bor Day planting. These schools were scattered 

 tli rough 70 counties that were largely prairie or had 

 been cut over years ago. 



Fa eh order of twenty-five trees was made up of ten 

 white pines, five Norway pines, five Scotch pines and 

 five jack pines. The trees averaged eight to ten inches 

 in height and had a well developed fibrous root sys- 

 tem, making a tree of ideal proportions for planting. 

 The trees were dug, packed and mailed, within a 

 space of three days. This fact and careful handling 

 reduced to a minimum any injury due to the removal 

 from the nursery. Each order was shipped so that it 

 should have reached its destination before Arbor Day, 

 which, according to the Governor's proclamation, was 

 set for the twenty-fifth day of April. With each 

 package was wrapped a brief set of instructions f( 

 handling the trees. Only the most essential poinl 

 were touched upon in the instructions. 



In order that the measure of success attained migl 

 be learned, requests for reports on the condition 

 the trees were sent out early in the fall of 1919. Tl 



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