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State and national helps. Tlie luiiioiial liiuvaii of Korcstrv 

 and your state forester prim a lunnlx'r n\' practical l)iillctins 

 and forestry leaflets, which mav be obtaiiuMl trratis or at cost. 

 'I'hcsc ^^■ill give directions for galiu'ring, storing, and phniting 

 different tree seeds, and ad\ice as to lu'st species to plant. Tier 

 seeds and excn young seedling trees mav l)e obtained from 

 state or (in Canada) from provincial depaitmcnts of forrstr\. 



Fn.. 30. C'l'up (if tit'c >li<>\vu ill Fiu. -1' 



^^"c do uut luiM' to " wait '" tiftecn years i'or siicli a cn-i'; \\<' iu-i |«l;iiit tli.' init 



aiul jjo about our l)usinfs> 



Since the planting of trees is an important puitlic ser\i(M». 

 states arc beginning to [»ass laws exem|)ting land so })lauted 

 from taxation. Massachnsctts ami \»\\ ^ ork exempt tor 

 thirt\-li\e vears all lands on \\liich not fewer than twtd\c 

 hundred trees are idanled to the acre. 



Forest fires. In a hot. dry \\ iii<l a spaik or carelessly droppe<l 

 mateli may start a lire w Inch one standing o\ »'r it cannot slam}) 

 out; and it mav lun down the wind faster than w il<l Imrses 



