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HOW TO GROW A FOREST FROM SEED 



(^) C^^^ of the Plantation. 



After the land is stocked with trees the work is not wholly 

 done. It is necessary that fires and animals be kept out. A 

 fire if allowed to run over the plantation will destroy one's 

 work in a very short time, and animals, while they may not seem 

 to be very destructive, nevertheless destroy far more vegetation 

 from trampling alone than most people imagine. The practice 

 of allowing animals to run in the woodlots where there is prac- 

 tically no food and in which they can be of no possible benefit, 

 but a hindrance, should be condemned. There are many 

 so-called pastures that would be valuable forest properties 



Fig. 10. Making improvement cuttings. By harvesting a part of the crop every 

 six to ten years tliose trees that remain grow rapidly in value. Be careful to do 

 the work right. 



to-day had animals been kept out of them. Lands that are 

 adapted for agriculture should be retained and used for that 

 purpose, but when they cease to be of profit they should be 

 turned over to forests, and they will increase in value in pro- 

 portion to the care given them. 



(Ji) Harvesting the Crop. 



When one has finally succeeded in getting a good stand of 

 timber, he should acquaint himself with economic methods 

 of management. To harvest the crop in order to get the 



