soil-building power of the trees is something which the 

 farmer should not overlook. Steep lands, which have 

 been cleared of timber at great expense, after being 

 cultivated for a few years, often become gullied, and 

 the rich soils adjoining are covered with deep deposits 

 of sand. The surest and cheapest method of protecting 

 such slopes is to maintain forests 011 them. 



Small gullies can be stopped up by closely packed 

 brush and tree tops, anchored by stakes if necessary. 

 Large open gullies may be checked successfully only 

 by planting over the entire gully basin, supplemented 

 by low brush lanes across the large units of the gully. 



For the sake of getting a scattering of green grass 

 in the spring, it is the short-sighted practice in hun- 

 dreds of localities to fire the woods regularly. This 

 results in killing thousands of small trees needed to 

 continue the forest in the future and also injures a 

 large amount of marketable, timber. Furthermore, 

 such burning destroys a large amount of rich vegetable 

 fertilizer. 



Idle cut-over lands produce neither timber, farm 

 crops, nor income to meet taxes. They must be put 

 to work. 



Secretary Meredith has suggested to the manufactu- 

 rers of cigarettes that they place a fire warning in 

 every package. 



Liberty Bonds at the present market price are a 

 good, gilt-edged investment. 



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