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5. What are the uses of the National Forests? 



6. What ,can be done to improve the farm wood lot ? 



7. What are some of the most common shade trees? 



8. What trees make good fence posts ? 



9. What trees may be propagated by planting cuttings ? 

 10. What places in your locality should be devoted to the 



growing of trees ? Why ? 



PRACTICAL EXERCISES 



1. Make a list of all the trees that grow in your locality. 



2. Collect specimens of sawed pieces of wood. 



3. Collect twigs of the various species of trees. Fasten the 

 twigs to sheets of cardboard and label properly. 



4. Collect seeds of many trees. Keep them in bottles or 

 small glass jars. What trees have winged seeds? What trees 

 have seeds inclosed in cones ? 



5. In the early fall collect leaves of forest trees. Place the 

 leaves between sheets of blotting paper or carpet paper, and 

 keep under several pounds pressure until they are dry. Then 

 mount them on sheets of stiff paper. On each sheet give the 

 name of the tree to which the leaves belong, and the place and 

 kind of ground in which the tree grew. Ask your teacher for 

 full directions for collecting, drying, and mounting leaves. 



REFERENCES 



Farmers' Bulletins: 67, Forestry for farmers; 99, Three in- 

 sect enemies of shade trees ; 134, Tree planting on rural school 

 grounds ; 173, Primer of forestry, pt. i ; 358, Primer of forestry, 

 pt. 2; 228, Forest planting and farm management; 387, Pre- 

 servative treatment of farm timbers; 421, Control of blowing 

 soils; 423, Forest nurseries for schools ; 468, Forestry in nature 

 study ; 476, The dying of pine in the Southern States : cause, 

 extent, and remedy. 



