THE CREATION OF NEW TREES 
may be increased at will simply by breeding 
for this one trait and by selecting with this 
end constantly in view. Thus, a tree or a 
whole forest, for the principle covers all, may 
be bred to produce a vastly increased supply 
of any one of these commodities, double and 
treble its former amount, thereby becoming 
immensely more valuable. So in trees whose 
bark may be valuable for coloring matter, the 
coloring matter may be increased at will, 
making the tree that much more important 
from a commercial point of view. Any de- 
sirable attribute of a tree may be increased at 
will. There is work enough to be done in this 
line for the government to put at work a 
thousand experts, and the possibilities ahead 
of them are so great that the whole face of 
nature might be changed by them by an in- 
telligent, patient and systematic following of 
breeding and selection. 
“Take the line of producing trees upon 
which to graft others in order to hurry these 
others onward to quicker fruitage. For exam- 
ple, we will say a certain prune has very desir- 
able qualities—it is high in sugar-content, 
large in size, admirable for curing and packing. 
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