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destructive methods, she persists m presenting us with the 

 second growth pine in sufficient quantity to be a great fac- 

 tor in our New Ensrland agriculture. Of the millions of 



Fig. 3. Students digging pine seedlings in the college woods. Where im- 

 provement cuttings are made we have the ideal conditions for nature's nur- 

 sery. Twenty-five thousand strong seedlings were dug from this area last 

 year and plenty remain. 



pounds of seeds scattered in this way on a seed year but 

 comparatively a very small percentage ever survives to be- 

 come a pine tree of au}^ proportions. Insects, birds, squir- 



