FORESTRY MANUAL 



IOWA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



" Timber-growing is no longer an experiment, but, with care, a certain and complete success. 



" If planted in belts around the farm, the protection is worth more than the rent of the land 

 on which the timber stands. All the timber which I have planted, or will plant under the pres- 

 ent law, will stand, when ten years old, without having cost me a cent. 



"It render* a farm so much more comfortable, beautiful, and attractive as a home, and so 

 much more valuable if we ever wish to sell. 



'* One can hardly look on these beautiful groves, with their cool shade in summer, and protec- 

 tion in winter, without a feeling of self-conscious satisfaction that he has done one good thing 

 for himself, for his State, and for his posterity. 1 " 



Hon. 0. E. WHITING. 



For Gratuitous Distribution to Iowa Tree Planters. 



REVISED FROM THE FORESTRY ANNUAL BY H. W. LATHROP. 



DES MOINES: 



P. M. MILLS, STATE PRINTER. 

 1881. 



