SCHOOL OF FORESTRY 



STATE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY CO-OPERATION IN 

 FOREST TREE PLANTING. 



1 . Any institution or landowner in the state of North Dakota wishing 

 to take advantage of the co-operation of the State School of Forestry in 

 the planting and cultivation of a permanent forest plantation or shelter 

 belt shall make application to the State Forester at the State School of 

 Forestry, at Bottineau, North Dakota, stating the quarter-section on which 

 the plantation is proposed to be made, the nature of the soil and how culti- 

 vated, the nearest express office and his post office address. 



2. On receipt of this application the State Forester, or his agent, will 

 visit and examine the land, and if he is satisfied that trees can be success- 

 fully grown thereon he will see to the execution by the applicant of a 

 certain form of agreement setting forth the conditions on which the State 

 School of Forestry proposes to assist in this work. The State Forester, 

 or his agent, will also confer with the applicant while on the ground and 

 arrange for the location of the said forest plantation or shelter belt, advising 

 the applicant as to the preparation of the soil, the varieties of trees to be 

 grown, the proper system of planting and other details. When necessary 

 he will prepare a plan or sketch for the use of the applicant showing how 

 the trees are to be planted. 



3. By the agreement the applicant consents to set apart and cultivate 

 a certain area of land for the permanent forest plantation or shelter belt, 

 and agrees that the trees to be grown thereon shall not at any time in the 

 future be cut off or removed so as to injure the plantation, except with 

 the advice or consent of the State Forester, but it is understood that the 

 wood and other products of the said plantation or shelterbelt shall belong 

 to the owner of the property. It is, however, provided that the State 

 Forester, or his agent, shall have the right to take the cuttings and the 

 seedling trees that may be grown upon the plantation and the tree seeds, 

 when these are not required by the owner to extend his own plantation. It 

 is also provided that the applicant shall properly prepare the soil and plant 

 and care for the trees after planting in accordance with the directions of 

 the State Forester. This will include his providing protection against 

 animals by fencing or otherwise and against fires by fire-guards or other 

 effective means. 



4. The State School of Forestry, as far as the means placed at its 

 disposal for the purpose will permit, will furnish seed or other plant ma- 

 terial for planting the said forest plantations or shelterbelts. 



