"It is high time we took the forest question seri- 

 ously. We can not get along without food, yet we 

 seem to have neglected nothing that would destroy our 

 trees and deprive us of it. Our children will see the 

 time when what we have grown at home will be the 

 whole supply. 



"Substitutes may prevent the demand for wood 

 from increasing as fast as would otherwise be the 

 case, but in spite of them the growth of construction, 

 industry, and population is so rapid that the world 

 needs and uses more timber decade after decade. 

 Over the whole world the need for forest products 

 rises as the forests are destroyed. Pennsylvania's 

 forests hold the key to her future not less than her 

 farms, her factories, and her mines. To restore 

 Perm's Woods is a clear-cut duty, from which we 

 can not afford to turn our eyes or withhold our 

 hands." 



Fur Supply of Country Being Diminished to 

 Vanishing Point 



Farming of wild fur-bearing animals and the es- 

 tablishment of large sanctuary tracts is urged by the 

 United States Department of Agriculture as the only 

 sure means of preserving the fur supply, which is 

 being diminished to the vanishing point. Muskrats, 

 skunks, foxes, and minks are among the animals which 

 can be successfully bred in captivity or under condi- 

 tions of semi-domestication. 



Decrease in the supply of fur-bearing animals in 



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