MODERN FORESTRY 



the protection of forest windbreaks and far 

 removed from the timbered regions. 



It was thirty- three years ago, in 1872, — a date 

 which may not arbitrarily be chosen as the 

 beginning of New Earth activities, as they 

 lap over and interweave from past days, but 

 which, nevertheless, fairly well indicates the 

 beginnings of the new order, — that the experi- 

 ment station of the Kansas State Agricultural 

 College began the planting of forest trees. It 

 was one of the first experiiTients of the station, 

 though many species had been planted and 

 propagated before. The experiment, as it has 

 developed through the generation, has been rich 

 in results. Many kinds of trees were planted, 

 some of them with good promise of success, 

 others essentially tentative. Land was selected 

 least adapted to ordinary agriculture, high, 

 gravelly and broken ridges, the object being 

 to show the peculiar adaptability of trees 

 to regions not needed for agriculture proper. 

 Naturally, the growth was not so rapid nor so 

 vigorous as it would have been on lower and 

 richer soil, but the station authorities showed 

 the soundness of their knowledge in making 

 such choice. 



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