6 MISC. PUBLICATION 24 7, C". S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



In its initial stages the project (started in 1935) was sharply limited 

 bv the anioimt of planting stock that could be made immediately 



mailable. Now, Government nurseries supply high-quality planting 

 stock in large quantities. Including the plantings in the spring of 

 1939, some 11,300 miles of field shelterbelts have been planted. For 



