made in clearing up the great cut-over regions of the 

 pine lands; little more than a dent can be made for 

 decades to come ; and not so much as a dent should 

 ever be made in a considerable part of it. 



We would be wise to admit right now that there are 

 millions of acres of land in Minnesota which will never 

 be cultivated, enough millions to produce all the 

 timber we shall ever need, and enough more to ship 

 to our prairie neighbors. Unless it does produce that 

 timber it will produce nothing. 



The question is up to the people; which shall it 

 Shall we make that land save us $30,000,000 a 

 year or shall we let it loaf and pay the $30,000,000 

 to some more far sighted state? Decide. 



Thee Planting in New York State 



According to a report from the Extension Division 

 of the New York State College of Forestry, there will 

 be a great deal of forest planting -in that state this 

 spring. A number of counties are establishing public 

 forests in the different townships. 



In Otsego County the township forest idea will be 

 started with the planting of 50,000 trees, in several 

 localities, with an additional planting of 50,000 by a 

 private o\vner who wants to do his share toward im- 

 proving the county. Chenango County is also to have 

 public forests, and plans to plant nearly 50,000 trees 

 this spring. It already has had an acreage given in ^ 

 various parts of the county for five times this num- 

 ber of trees, but the work will be done in annual 

 installments. Herkimer County will plant probably 

 as many trees, in scattered small tracts. 



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