schools were requested to report the location of the 

 phi 11 ting, the number actually planted, the number 

 alive in -June, 11)1!). the number alive in October, 1919, 

 their condition and whether or not they had been cul- 

 tivated. One hundred forty schools out of the three 

 hundred replied. These schools were located in fifty- 

 two counties of the state. Sherburne County takes 

 first place with ten schools reporting, Jackson County 

 conies second with nine, and Marshall County third 

 with five reporting. The other forty-nine fall in line, 

 with form one to four schools reporting. 



The reports show that 3,366 trees were actually 

 planted. Three hundred and sixty-two, or ten per 

 cent, died within a month after planting, due prob- 

 ably to exposure during the digging or planting. Seven 

 hundred and eighty-five, or 23 per cent, died during the 

 summer, due to drought, being cut off while mowing 

 u'rass, or by the trampling of the school children. 

 This leaves the planting reported on the average 67 

 per cent successful, an unusually good showing under 

 the circumstances. The individual records, of course, 

 hin Iroin 100 per cent successful to 100 per cent fail- 

 ure. It is probably worthy of note that in only three 

 cases did the reports state "all dead." On tfie aver- 

 age, then, out of each twenty-five trees sent out. 

 eiyhtiMMi were alive at the end of the first growing 

 season, which is the most critical period. Thirty-five 

 <>f the reporting schools cultivated the trees after 

 planting. This was purposely omitted in the instruc- 

 tions because it was thought impractical, due to the 

 fact that the schools were deserted during the sum- 

 mer. Sixty schools indicated in their report that the 



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