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OUR VANISHING FORESTS 



mate development to be anticipated comprises the 

 joint employment of a specially trained forester by 

 neighboring towns and communities. 



A single town can hardly afford to start its own 

 nursery for raising the two or three year old seed- 



In Europe the town forest plan goes far toward a solution of the 

 unemployment problem. Could we not also adopt this remedy? 



lings to be ultimately set out, but such states as 

 have made provision for official recognition of the 

 town forest system are establishing extensive public 

 nurseries and usually give away seedlings free of 

 charge. In Massachusetts, moreover, the state for- 



