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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



at the present time, about 12,000 shade 

 trees which measure six inches in diam- 

 eter, besides over 2,000 smaller trees set 

 out in the last fifteen years. 



In discussing his report Professor 

 Roth says: 



"Why, as a matter of business, it may 

 be said that these trees could not be re- 

 placed for this sum of money. A shade 

 tree grows in value up to a certain time, 

 then remains stationary in value for 

 many years, and after that declines. But 

 until it is a good tree and really does the 



service expected, it is fair to charge cost 

 and interest to the tree. Generally a 

 tree is over twenty-five years old bfore 

 it is a serviceable shade tree and 'pays 

 its way.' If it is worth $10 when it is 

 five years old it is worth $20 at the 

 end of twenty-five years. From the 

 standpoint of city beautification and 

 considering the enjoyment people get 

 out of them, good shade trees are worth 

 $100 apiece. This is the valuation placed 

 on trees by the city of Springfield, 

 Massachusetts. " 



SAVE THIS FOREST LAND 



AjREAT deal of enthusiasm was 

 manifested at the recent meet- 

 ing of the Minnesota State For- 

 estry Association at St. Paul in 

 the plans for a campaign to be con- 

 ducted all summer for an amendment 

 which will come before the people next 

 November at the general election. The 

 State of Minnesota at the present time 

 owns about three million acres of land 

 and under the provisions of the Consti- 

 tution this land is to be sold. The for- 

 estry amendment provides that all such 

 land which is better suited for tree 

 growth than for farming shall be set 

 aside to be used as State Forests. This 

 would give the State perhaps one mil- 

 lion acres of forest land, to be managed 

 according to forestry principles, and this 

 would be the beginning of a real for- 

 estry policy for Minnesota. 



It is naturally of great interest to all 

 concerned that this amendment pass. Jt 

 would really be a corner-stone, as it 

 were, in the forestry development of 

 Minnesota. If these one million acres 

 will be retained as State Forests, the 

 State Forest Service can go ahead and 

 show lumber corporations that forestry 

 really is practical, and if the State Serv- 

 ice is given the opportunity to show 

 what really can be done with reforesta- 

 tion and forest management, the time 



will not be far off when the State will 

 branch out on a large forest policy. 



The time has come when Minnesota 

 has to recognize the necessity of the 

 management of its forests. Although 

 there are still approximately seventy- 

 five billion feet of merchantable timber 

 standing in the woods, the people at 

 large appreciate the fact that the proper 

 management of timber lands is of vital 

 concern. The annual value of the tim- 

 ber crop of Minnesota is fifty million 

 dollars. It takes forty thousand horses 

 to move this crop and three hundred 

 thousand men to log, haul and manufac- 

 ture it. The lumber industry is the sec- 

 ond largest in the State, and one-third 

 of the total output of Minnesota's 

 farm produce is consumed by those in 

 the lumber industry. Minnesota is the 

 largest lumber producing State east of 

 the Rockies, and with proper forest 

 management, could increase its timber 

 production four times, which would 

 mean millions of dollars to the State 

 annually. 



The forestry amendment will be the 

 entering wedge toward the proper man- 

 agement of the forest soils of Minne- 

 sota, and every endeavor will be made 

 to make the people realize its impor- 

 tance. 



Loss By Mistletoe 



Mistletoe thrives on the western coasts to an extent not approached in the east. In many 

 places this parasitic growth is responsible, directly or indirectly, for a considerable loss of 

 timber. 



