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A land-poor farmer ivith afeiv thousand worn-out sandy acres began planting pine seedlings 

 in the spring of 1926. These pictures are taken in a block of 1,000 of the trees which 

 he turpentined during the two seasons 1937 and 1938. Each year's working face is 12 

 inches in height, and the trees are growing, and their faces are healing over. Wlien asked 

 about the value of the stand, the owner replied that he considered it worth about $100 

 an acre. Altogether he has planted more than 2,500,000 trees. 



