management practices to their forest holdings. 



Tree farming is a do-it-yourself program by which 

 the owner, through his own efforts, builds up the 

 timber stand for continuous earning power of his property. 

 As a certified Tree Farm member, the owner has access to 

 information and advice on how to do it, and he has valuable 

 contacts with other tree farmers in managing and marketing 

 his forest products. Forest lands, like other farm lands, 

 can produce better when one owner gives more attention 

 to the crop. As of October 1968, Montana had 6? Tree 

 Farms encompassing 1, 01*3 > 2 82 acres. 



Tree farming is not a get-rich-quick scheme, but 

 rather an opportunity to get a fair return from the 

 extra effort and time needed to raise forest crops. 

 Through proper planning and protection from fire and 

 pests, forest tree growth can be increased. This growth 

 is saleable and it also builds an estate for the future. 



Local forest industry payrolls depend on a con- 

 tinuing supply of raw materials from all forested laids 

 in an area. Nothing is so helpful to a forest-dependent 

 community as the steadying influence of a sure timber 

 supply. 



Thus, Tree Farmers, by growing forest crops to 



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