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MISC. PUBLICATION 3 



U. S. DEFT. OF AGRICULTURE 





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Figure 12. — y^, 4-H Club boy in southern Georgia and his trip-winning forest planting acre. B, 

 An 8-year-old planted stand of pines in southern Georgia; trees 18 to 25 feet in height and growing 

 now at the rate of nearly 2 cords per acre yearly. 



Filling up large openings in the woods and improving existing woodlands by 

 planting desirable species ot trees. 



Utilizing poor soils and so-called waste places about the farm by planting 

 quick-growing, useful kinds of trees — black locust for fence posts, pine and other 

 species for use as treated fence posts (fig. 11). 



