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merit during: the early life of the tree. But if, as with the 

 former tree, it had been first crowded and then set free, the 

 best timber in the least time would have been secured. 



The Profit from an Investment in Land that is stocked 

 with only very small coniferous seedlings is altogether too 

 small and too remote to prove an attraction to investors at 

 present even were the danger from fire entirely eliminated. 

 But there is considerable land that is now stocked with a good 

 growth of young pine of fair size that could be bought and 



Fig. 10. Cross Section of White Pine open grown. 



managed at a good profit if the danger from lire could be 

 greatly reduced. This land in many cases would not have to 

 be held more than ten or fifteen years to secure a good profit 

 on the investment, after which the profit might be made nearly 

 continuous. The rapid growing deciduous trees, such as the 

 Poplar, Willow, White and Yellow Birch, Soft Maple, Ash, 

 Red and White Elm, Hackberry, Basswood, Locust, Black 

 Walnut and Tamarack may sometimes be planted and grown 

 at a profit on waste land that is adapted to them and should 



