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657 



it will add much to the influence of Arbor Day not only 

 on the children, but also on the community. Arbor Day 

 is rapidly becoming indigenous and may be expected to 



through the Provincial Department of Finance. Thirty- 

 four thousand mow of land have been replanted to date 

 with two and a half million trees, including about one 

 million trees planted on 11,000 mow of land last Spring. 

 Three nurseries were maintained, with an area of 371 

 mow, carrying 1,275,000 transplants and about 3,000,000 

 seedlings divided among seventy-three different species. 

 Trees and seeds for nurseries and over 50,000 trees for 

 transplanting and for use in the observance of Arbor 

 Day, were distributed to 186 district officials, agricul- 



CHINA H.-KS AT LAST STARTED TO REFOREST HER 

 TEN THOUSAND BARREN HILLS." THIS SHOWS THE 

 WORK IN PROGRESS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 

 D, Y. LIN, M. F., A GRADUATE OF THE YALE FOREST 

 SCHOOL 



be one of the important factors in hastening forestry 

 development in China. 



The outstanding forestry development continues to be 

 that of the Kiangsu Provincial forestry station, started 

 in 1916, located near the famous Ming Tombs in Nan- 

 king, at the head of which is Mr. Somg Sing-moo, a 

 graduate of the Philippine School of Forestry, with 

 twenty-one assistants, two of whom also received their 

 forestry education in the Philippines. The budget for 

 this work last year was $34,000, voted by the Kiangsu 

 Provincial Assembly and paid wholly by the province 



THE RESULT OF PIONEER WORK. THIS IS A SMALL MOUNTAIN IN THE 

 FAMINE AREA OF SHANTUNG PROVLNCE WHICH HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL- 

 LY REFORESTED 



EACH FALL THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS NEAR THE 

 LARGE CITIES YIELD UP THEIR SEASON'S GROWTH 

 OF GRASS TO THE BUSY FUEL GATHERERS 



tural societies, agricultural and forestry stations and 

 companies or individuals. There are three substations 

 already located in important parts of the province with 

 two more being planned for. In response to a procla- 

 mation by the Governor two 

 years ago instructing district 

 offi(ciaIs to develop forest nur- 

 series in their respective dis- 

 tricts for demonstration pur- 

 poses as well as for supply- 

 ing trees for planting to the 

 farmers, encou,raging head- 

 way has been made, and a 

 large number of such nur- 

 series have been established. 

 Sixteen students are now be- 

 ing given practical training 

 at the central station in Nan- 

 king, having been sent from 

 various parts of the prov- 

 ince. They are given class 

 work in the morning and 

 field work in the afternoon, 

 and after three years of such 

 training they will be sent 

 back to carry out forestry 

 work in their home districts. 



