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forests are grown elsewhere, in small nurseries on 

 the reserves (Figs. 25 and 26). 



The Division of Tree Planting, in the words of 

 its chief, is organized " to encourage farmers, liv- 

 ing on the prairies, to plant shelter belts around 

 their buildings and gardens," and also " to get 

 them started in growing such small quantities of 

 fuel and fencing material as may be required in 

 later years." 



The Dominion nursery at Sutherland is just 

 beginning its good work. 



The older nursery station at Indian Head prop- 

 agates trees in very large numbers, and dis- 

 tributes them to applicants who get in their plea 

 before the first of March. There is a rule that 

 no one applicant may have more than eight hun- 

 dred trees, but it is rumored that exceptions may 

 be made at the discretion of the authorities. 



Deciduous trees are given outright. Cone-bear- 

 ers, being harder to raise, and therefore more 

 expensive to the Department, are sold at the 

 nominal price of one dollar a hundred. In all 

 cases the applicant pays the cost of freighting the 

 trees from the nursery to his farm. Last spring 

 (1915), three million seven hundred thousand 

 little trees went out from Indian Head to new 

 prairie homes. 



During the summer, inspectors go from farm 

 to farm seeing that the trees are in suitable ground 

 and receiving intelligent care. 



