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Ask an Italian how much of his country is forested and he will say sixteen per 

 cent, including olive orchards. This is no worse than saying that this country is 

 thirty-five per cent forest. We really mean that the United States is thirty-five per 

 cent woodland swamps and brush and bushland. 



No. 3 shows the nature of their olive covered hillsides. Between the rows of 

 olives field crops are grown. This is at Fiesole near Florence. Willows, poplars 

 and mulberries are grown in the same way, and frequently lopped to yield fagots and 

 fodder. This combination of horticulture and agriculture is delightful, but the hill- 



12. A SCENE IN FINLAND. 

 Note the absence of a reaper and binder, and the presence of a well cared for spruce forest in the background. 



tops are neglected. This is the fault of the government, which should take care of 

 such places. With well-cared-for forests in the mountains Italy would be intensively 

 tilled throughout. There are vast areas of unused waste land in Italy which should 

 be covered with forests. These beautiful orchards and groves in part compensate 

 for the absence of forests. No. 4 shows an old olive tree. No. 5 shows the har- 

 vesters of olives. At this time these orchards are fascinating beyond description, 

 when the peasants come dressed in bright costumes with carts drawn by large snow- 

 white oxen. 



