MODERN FORESTRY 



the more important ones which may be 

 planted on vacant and otherwise unproductive 

 land, and be made to yield a good income. 

 Ample directions are given for the planting 

 and care of willow plantations. 



In the period of the early history of Indiana, 

 that state was heavily timbered with forests 

 of hard woods. The forests rapidly disappeared 

 when the farmers came, and it was not until 

 the year 1900 that forestry became a matter 

 of state concern. The almost complete ab- 

 sence of virgin forest in the state and a gen- 

 eral timber scarcity were sharply brought 

 home to the people, and a hearty response for 

 forest improvement followed. A State For- 

 estry Board was established in 1901, consisting 

 of five members, one to be chosen from the 

 State Forestry Association, one from the Re- 

 tail I^umber Dealers' Association of Indiana, 

 one from the faculty of Purdue University, 

 one from the skilled woodworkers of the state, 

 and one having knowledge of timber culture 

 and of forest preservation, — all, save the last, 

 known as the state forester, to serve without 

 compensation. Two years after the establish- 

 ment of the board, over thirty thousand trees 



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