12 Miscellaneous Circular 16, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
applications and the quantity of nursery stock available. A sample 
form of the agreement follows: 
Form 490. 
APPLICATION AND AGREEMENT FOR YOUNG TREES, NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST 
I; , a resident of that portion of Nebraska lying within the boundaries 
described in the act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stat., 547), entitled ““An act to amend 
the homestead laws as to certain unappropriated and unreserved lands in 
Nebraska,” under the provisions of the act of March 4, 1911 (386 Stat. 1235), 
entitled “An act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for 
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve,” do apply 
for young trees for planting within the area above referred to. 
The ground on which I desire to plant trees comprises an area of 
and is described as follows: Section . township . range——. 
Aspect: (Faces north, south, east, or west, or is it- flat?) ___________________ 
Slope: GSteep. or] Ser ble?) eee ee a a a ee 
Grass and-sod.2.( Heavy ‘or Neht?)= = eee eee eee 
Soil.) ;@oam; Ssandy:‘loam, -Orcsand.?) 22 a ee eee 
Cultivation: If hardwoods are desired, have you cultivated the ground on 
acres, 
The purpose of this planting is (shade, windbreak, or wood lot?) _~----__--- 
In consideration of the granting of this application I promise and agree to 
plant all trees received by me and to care for them in the manner described 
in a circular of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, entitled “ Tree 
Distribution Under the Kinkaid Act, 1911,” and in accordance with any later 
instructions received by me from the Forest Service. I further promise to mail 
to the forest supervisor, Halsey, Nebr., on a card, Form 491, prepared for 
this purpose, not later than November 1 of each year, for three years after the 
date of the latest planting done by me, a statement showing the number of 
trees of each year’s planting which are surviving in the area I have planted 
and the number of trees which I desire to plant during the following season. 
And I also agree to permit any representative of the Department of Agriculture 
to enter my premises at any reasonable time for the purpose of investigating 
the condition of the trees planted by me and the care which they have been 
given. 
I further agree, immediately upon receipt of notice of shipment of any trees 
sent to me, to take them without delay from the post office or express or 
railroad company transporting them, and to pay all of the costs of their 
transportation, or to send stamps prior to February 1 of each year for their 
shipment by parcel post. If any package of trees is received by me in bad 
condition as a result of carelessness or long period in transit, I agree to accept 
the same without protest and immediately to notify the forest supervisor, 
Halsey, Nebr. 
It is further agreed that if the trees received by me at any time are not 
planted, or are sold or otherwise disposed of, I am to forfeit the right to 
receive any more trees under the provision of the act of March 4, 1911, herein 
referred to. 
(Signed) —_——. 
Date 
Post office 
Express office 
New applicants will be supplied with not more than 200 trees, 
depending on the number available at the nursery. Those who have 
made good use of their trees may under certain conditions receive 
up to 500 trees. Those desiring more than this number must obtain 
them elsewhere, since it was not the intent of the act to have the 
Government furnish trees in large quantities to any one individual. 
ie purpose of the distribution is to stimulate interest in tree 
planting. 
\ detailed report on the method of planting and the conditions 
under which planting was done should be made on a record card, 
