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tending them to the Rimrock at the edge 

 of the plateau on which a good part of it 



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years from planting you would have quite 

 a good forest, and even before that time 

 much of the wood could be utilized for 

 various purposes, as the trees could be set 

 quite thickly at the start and gradually 

 thinned out. Trees can be cheaply pro- 

 cured, too. I only offer this as a sugges- 

 tion,"- Farm and Fire Side. 



is situated. The addition contains 53,120 

 acres and brings the total area of the re- 

 serve up to r,iSo,Soo acres. 



Growing 

 Poplar. 



"A few days ago 

 I cut a Silver Pop- 

 lar which had been 

 planted for ornamental purposes in the 

 spring of 1889, and which had grown 

 nearly eighteen inches in diameter a foot 

 above the ground, and probably contains a 

 cord of wood. The tree became a nuisance 

 where it stood, and so it had to come down. 

 But it made me think of the possibilities of 

 growing such trees for commerical pur- 

 poses. Poplar is being much used for 

 paper-making. How many years will it 

 take at the present rate of using the native 

 Poplars for this purpose alone before the 

 natural supply will be exhausted? Pos- 

 sibly we may be able to find other materials 

 for paper-making, such as corn-stalks, 

 etc., but I would feel pretty safe to pre- 

 dict a ready sale of all Poplar wood that 

 one could grow for the next one hundred 

 years. I do not know what price paper- 

 makers have to pay a cord for the wood 

 they use. But think how quickly one 

 could produce a big lot of Poplar wood. 

 The tree grows marvelously fast. In ten 



In a- pamphlet re- 

 Forests and Stream- cently issued by the 



Minnesota National 



Park and Forestry Association a number 

 of pages are devoted to the need of pre- 

 serving the forests in the region of the 

 headwaters of the Mississippi in which 

 it is proposed to establish the park. For 

 emphasis a number of quotations from a 

 collection bearing on the influence of for- 

 ests on the water supply are reprinted, 

 among which are the following : 



It may be said that the measure of at- 

 tention given to trees indicates the condi- 

 tion of the agriculture and civilization of a 

 country. j\Iahe. 



It is not wars which have brought most 

 evil on the region of the Mediterranean, 

 but aridity, brought on and aggravated by 

 the reckless destruction of woods, and by 

 the excessive abuse of pasturing sheep on 

 the mountains. Deherain. 



The clearing away of woods in that 

 lies the principal cause of the arrest to 

 which agriculture has been subjected in 

 Algeria. M. Calmels, Genie Civil. 



From Madrid to Jerusalem history and 

 geography tell the same tale : forests given 

 up to sheep, forests destroyed ; mountains 

 devoid of woods, mountains devoid of life. 

 Broilliard, Les Massifs de Sapin ct 

 la disette de Bois en France. 



In the place of the fertile fields of cis- 

 Atlantic Africa, we find now nothing but 

 plains rendered sterile by desiccation and 

 the absence of trees. A. Maitry, His- 

 toire des Grande Forest de la Gaule. 



In felling trees growing on the sides and 

 summits of mountains, men under all 

 climates prepare for subsequent genera- 

 tions two calamities at once a lack of 

 firewood, and a want of water. 

 boldt. 



