natural reproduction should be given serious consider- 

 limi. Underplanting where there is no natural repro- 

 duction should be encouraged and emphasized. 



The old tree bounty law was a good one, and should 

 Ite in effect again under proper supervision. 

 HIGHWAY PLANTING 



Highway planting is a many sided problem, and 

 not enough work has been done along this line to 

 draw any definite conclusions. The kind of trees to 

 be planted will have to be determined largely by the 

 kind grow ing in the region where the planting is to 

 be done. The size is problematical. The spacing be- 

 tween the trees will have to be determined with the 

 view of the effect of drifting snows in the winter 

 and of mud in the spring and summer. A fund will 

 be necessary for the care of the trees, and some or- 

 ganization will have to be responsible for this work. 



When a road passes through woodlands it should 

 be constructed with the view of leaving a certain 

 number of the best trees standing. In some cases 

 it might be advisable to cut practically all the trees 

 in order to open up a vista, while in other places 

 more trees may have to be left, so as to conceal ob- 

 jectionable or monotonous views. 



CONCLUSION 



Taken all in all, tree planting in Minnesota is in 

 the early stages. There is need of a more general 

 understanding of the real value of planting; there 

 should be a more general knowledge of what trees 

 to plant, how to plant them, and how) to manage the 

 plantations so that the greatest possible benefits may 

 be derived from them. The area of cut-over land in 



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