PLANTING. 



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our countr}^ for less than it would cost to plant, 4: foot 

 apart, an acre of seedlings a few inches high. The 

 true Avay to save the forests is not to plant new ones, 

 but to protect and rightlv use those which are standing 

 now. The extension of the forest to regions which 

 are without it is a most important task, but it nuist 

 not be confounded with the conservative use of the 

 forests now standing. For such use there is no sub- 

 stitute whatever. 



