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us, since from a small beginning, with proper study and 

 light, we also grow and broaden. This very idea of tree 

 planting originated with Secretary Morton, who thought 

 out the plan simply as a means of beautifying the plains 

 of Nebraska. The movement has grown until nearly 

 every State and Territory in which you and I, as citizens, 

 are interested has taken it up. It has also been adopted 

 in the British possessions all over the world and in 

 China and Japan, all which have their Arbor or tree- 

 planting days. All that came from this suggestion of 

 Secretary Morton, which was a small idea in the be- 

 ginning. Now it has spread, and its leaves and branches 

 have reached all over the world. 



Then you and I also can take these suggestions from 

 the tree that starts with such a small beginning. Those 

 are some of the things I have told the school children. 

 I hesitate to say them to you because as we grow older 

 we feel that we do not need these suggestions ; yet I do 

 not believe they are lost upon you because I think even 

 my telling them to the children did me good, and a 

 reflection upon the tree as a model for us in our own 

 lives will not be harmful to any of us. 



If in this matter of spreadmg the idea of tree planting, 

 there is any service the Department of Agriculture can 

 render you, I know every person in the department will 

 be glad to do so. 



{Extract from remarks by Secretary Meredith at the Tree 

 Planting Exercises by the District of Columbia Federation of 

 Women's Clubs.) 



ONLY DEAD TIMBER USED 



BY MARIE DICKORE 

 T) EREA College, at the foot of the Cumberland Moun- 

 - L ' tains, has the unique distinction of owning two 

 mountains, four thousand acres of forest, its own saw- 



indicating that only fallen or dead timber is used in 

 this sawmill. This wood is used for the college, for 

 power, for heat and in the many cozy fireplaces in the 

 dormitories and in the great open fireplace which delights 

 every traveler who stops at Boone Tavern. 



The sawmill, as well as the four thousand acres of 

 forest reserve are under the direction of the Forestry 

 Department and provide not only ample practical experi- 

 ence for the students of the department but also actual 

 labor for those students who work for their education. 

 The sawmill is operated by steam and, like every other 

 industry at Berea College, is run by students who work 

 at least two consecutive hours per day under the super- 

 vision of a superintendent of labor, who in turn, is 

 responsible to the Dean of Labor. Students at Berea 

 are given the opportunity to earn their expenses and 

 they may select the work which is paid for at the regular 

 rates according to the student's ability and efficiency. As 

 every student in the college must work the minimum of 

 two hours per day, suitable occupation must be provided 

 by the Dean of Labor, and in the Forestry Department 

 the students are very happy patrolling the forest, marking 

 the dead timber, hauling the fallen timber to the sawmill, 

 cutting it there for the required lengths, and then hauling 

 the logs to wherever needed on the campus. No sound 

 timber is cut as there is enough of the other to supply 

 all needs. 



ONLY DEAD TIMBER IS USED IN THIS SAWMILL OF BEREA 

 COLLEGE, WHICH IS RUN BY THE STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL 



mill but never cutting a sound tree. The photograph 

 shows the sawmill with the two mountains in the back- 

 ground. In the foreground are logs with great hollows 



WANTED FACTS ABOUT SHADE TREES 



COME very interesting facts are coming to light through 

 *J the investigation being made by T. E. Snyder, of the 

 office of Forest Entomology, United States Department 

 of Agriculture, of the number and value of shade trees 

 throughout the country. Mr. Snyder is diligently collect- 

 ing data on this subject, which will doubtless ultimately 

 be compiled and issued as a bulletin by the Department. 



The inventory and valuation of trees on streets and in 

 the city parks of Newark, New Jersey, as of December 31, 

 1919, gives rather startling figures. The estimated totals 

 read 134,232 trees, worth $4,038,971, to which Superin- 

 tendent of Trees Bannwart says must be added one hun- 

 dred thousand dollars worth of trees (about 2,000) in 

 the six hundred acres of "County Parks" within city 

 limits. 



From the City Park Department of Washington, Mr. 

 Lanham is sending interesting information. He says 

 it is a most difficult thing to estimate the great value of 

 the trees on the streets of Washington, some 105,000 in 

 number, but that often five hundred to a thousand dollars 

 more is charged for a real estate lot with a tree on it 

 than for an adjacent lot without trees. 



Park superintendents, city foresters and others in a 

 position to co-operate with Mr. Snyder in the collection 

 of this information should communicate with him directly 

 here in Washington, at the address given above. All 

 data and estimates of this kind will be very helpful to 

 him and such co-operation will be much appreciated by 

 the Department. 



