PRACTICAL ARBORICULTURE 153 
It were far better for the legislature to make provision for the re-affores- 
tation of these tracts, and thus continue for an indefinite period the productive 
capacity of the mountains. 
No matter how much coal or oil lies below the surface, trees will grow 
and produce valuable property, and all will be needed in the mines, for 
timbers, on the farms, upon the railways, and for the manufactures of the 
country. 
THE HOME OF A MOUNTAINEER, HEAD WATERS OF LICKING RIVER. 
