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able profit from this source. Experience has shown 

 that hemlock sold for tanning purposes often brings 

 more money than as lumber, while in limited areas 

 beech, birch and maple may be sold for distillation 

 and charcoal making. Willows for basketry may be 

 grown in one or two years after setting out the 

 shoots. As the uses of wood are so varied the list 

 of products above mentioned by no means covers 

 the field. 



Trees are useful on the farm as wind-breaks for 

 orchards and other plantations. In the south and 

 particularly in tropical regions they are scattered 

 through the fields to protect the crops from the 

 mid-day sun. Farmers are also beginning to appre- 

 ciate the importance of the forests because the 

 wood-using industries tend to maintain the local 

 population. It was partly with this end in view that 

 the Farmers' Federation of the State of Indiana 

 recently took a definite stand in favor of providing 

 a means for the revival of the once famous hard- 

 wood forests for which that state was noted. 

 Through government cooperation many of the 

 middle western states have already come to enjoy 

 good roads, and those who have seen the benefits 

 thus obtained, are anxious to extend the federal aid 

 plan to include forest re-establishment. 



Economically this interest in wood as a crop Is 



