material, protects and beautifies the farm, and in 

 addition will produce crop after crop of trees. It is 

 estimated that an acre of thrifty pine trees will in- 

 crease at the rate of 500 to 1500 board feet a year. 

 With lumber at the present prices it will be ob- 

 served that a crop of trees will compare very favor- 

 ably with the best agricultural crop. Careless camp- 

 ers are a menace. Shelterbelts along fields break 

 'the force of dry winds, check the spread of weeds, 

 better the farm's appearance and consequently in- 

 creases its value. A timber famine is at hand and 

 only the most heroic efforts of an aroused people 

 can avert it. The settlers of Cass and Hubbard and 

 other counties are now gladly working hand and 

 hand with the forest rangers and patrolmen with 

 gratifying results. 



Fire prevention must be made a matter of personal 

 attention. If the peat land settler of Linder's district 

 is desirous of burning his land he will be pleased with 

 the safety first method pursued by the fire ranger 

 and will accomplish his purpose without greatly en- 

 dangering his neighbor. Here is where the state 

 may take a hand in facilitating the work by provid- 

 ing funds for an available force of men, that the 

 settler may receive prompt attention and thus help 

 him to get his land under cultivation. The stereo- 

 typed program of State Forester Cox will prove a 

 boon to the settler. There are approximately 7,000,- 

 000 acres of peat land in Minnesota, most of which 

 is in the northern counties. Damage wrought by the 

 late fire would be difficult to compute. It is cer- 

 tain, however, that thousands of dollars worth of 



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