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DOES IT PAY TO PLANT TREES? 



Up to the present time groves have seldom been established for 

 direct profit. Owners, however, estimate the value of their groves, on 

 an average, at $1,000 an acre, on the basis that their property would 



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PUBLIC ROAD 



Fi g- 1- Diagram of forest planting for model farmstead situated in southeast corner of 



quarter section. 



be enhanced to that extent if placed on the market. In the purchase 

 and sale of land the grove is really one of the foremost considerations. 

 No one knows the location and character of groves better than the 



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