PRACTICAL TREE-PLANTING IN OPERATION. 



INTRODUCTION. 



In July, 1899, the Division of Forestry issued Circular No. 22, con- 

 cisely describing a plan of cooperation by winch practical assistance is 

 offered to persons desiring to establish woodlots, shelterbelts, wind- 

 breaks, and other plantations of forest trees. Under the provisions of 

 this circular the Division is sending expert tree planters to examine 

 the laud owned by persons who request its cooperation, so far as the 

 present resources of the Division will permit. 



During the months of October, November, and December, 1899, 

 applicants were visited in Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kan- 

 sas, Oklahoma, and Texas. As a result of the examinations thirty- 

 three working plans were made and are being put into execution. Each 

 of these working plans is based upon the special needs of a particular 

 farm, and is prepared after a careful examination of the farm in 

 question. 



TREE-PLANTING AGREEMENT. 



The tree planting agreement which was published in Circular No. 22, 

 and which is still in force with few modifications, is as follows: 



WASHINGTON, D. C., , . 



The Department of Agriculture of the United States and of , county 



of , State of , mutually agree as follows: 



1. The Department of Agriculture, in pursuance of investigations in forestry and 

 in order to disseminate a knowledge of improved ways of planting and developing 

 forest plantations, woodlots, shelterbelts, and windbreaks, shall, after personal 

 study 011 the ground by its agents, prepare a plan for planting and caring for a 



forest plantation, woodlot. shelterbelt, or windbreak, on acres of land of the 



said , situated and described as follows : town of , county of , 



State of . 



2. The said plan shall bo prepared for the purpose of promoting and increasing 

 the present value and usefulness of said land to its owner and to develop and per- 

 petuate a plantation of forest trees upon it. 



3. Upon the completion of the said plan and its acceptance by the said , the 



Department of Agriculture shall supervise the execution thereof so far as may be 

 necessary. 



4. The Department of Agriculture shall not furnish seeds and trees, nor partici- 

 pate in any degree in the expenses of planting and caring for said forest plantation? 

 woodlot, shelterbelt, or windbreak, nor share in any profit which may arise from its 

 growth. 



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