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falls into two classes : small woodlot areas of less than 

 fifty or one hundred acres where both land and tim- 

 ber are exempt from tax for thirty-five years, which 

 land must be a stated distance from cities or villages ; 

 poor lands assessed at five dollars or less an acre 

 and of any area above five acres. The assessed value 

 of the land not to exceed ten dollars may not be in- 

 creased for the period of thirty-five years. The 

 stand of trees must be brought up to 899 to the acre 

 and must be subject to the inspection and direction 

 for maintenance of the proper officers of the State 

 Conservation Commission. By these provisions, the 

 owner is protected against burdensome taxes until 

 the time when the crop has come to a fair maturity. 

 The State maintains a number of nurseries from 

 which trees are supplied for planting the State 

 land, and are also sold to individuals at cost. These 

 plantings are now beginning to assume some consid- 

 erable proportions and will undoubtedly increase more 

 rapidly as the public becomes acquainted with the 

 tax exemptions, the aid furnished by the State and 

 the value of the first crop. 



The State maintains three institutions that give 

 instruction in the principles of modern forestry. 

 The division of forests of the State Conservation 

 Commission publishes bulletins on modern forest 

 management and gives public instruction through 

 popular lectures. The more systematic instruction 

 of university grade is given in two State colleges. 

 These are the Department of Forestry of the State 



