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STUDIES OF TREES 



The usual idea that it costs a great deal to plant several 

 thousand young trees is erroneous. An ordinary woodlot 

 may be stocked with a well-selected number of young trees 

 at a cost less than the price generally paid for a dozen good 

 specimen trees for the front lawn. It is not necessary to 



FIG. 142. A Farm Woodlot. 



underplant the woodlot with big trees. The existing big 

 trees are there to give character to the forest and the new 

 planting should be done principally as a future investment 

 and as a means of perpetuating the life of the woodlot. 

 Young trees are even more desirable for such planting 

 than the older and more expensive ones. The young trees 

 will adapt themselves to the local soil and climatic con- 



