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  The 
  main 
  source 
  of 
  mine 
  timbers 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  will 
  largely 
  be 
  the 
  

   Allegheny 
  Mountains 
  of 
  West 
  Virginia. 
  Mines 
  located 
  far 
  from 
  this 
  

   source 
  of 
  supplies 
  will 
  have 
  increasing 
  difficulty 
  in 
  securing 
  mine 
  props 
  

   at 
  a 
  reasonable 
  cost, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  essential 
  that 
  forest 
  planting 
  should 
  be 
  

   commenced 
  at 
  once, 
  before 
  the 
  supply 
  from 
  local 
  woodlots 
  is 
  exhausted. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  no 
  lack 
  of 
  suitable 
  sites 
  for 
  forest 
  planting. 
  Throughout 
  

   this 
  region 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  land 
  lacking 
  in 
  fertility, 
  or 
  too 
  steep 
  to 
  be 
  

   farmed 
  profitably. 
  In 
  addition, 
  on 
  the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  coal 
  

   veins, 
  lands 
  are 
  common 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  surface 
  has 
  been 
  broken 
  in 
  

   mining. 
  

  

  Considering 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  income 
  from 
  waste 
  farm 
  lands 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  

   of 
  coal 
  companies, 
  the 
  feasibility 
  of 
  increasing 
  the 
  sale 
  value 
  of 
  such 
  

   lands 
  and 
  the 
  great 
  need 
  of 
  pit 
  props 
  and 
  timber 
  in 
  mining 
  operations, 
  

   the 
  advisability 
  of 
  forest 
  planting 
  is 
  established 
  beyond 
  doubt. 
  

   Extensive 
  activity 
  in 
  forest 
  planting 
  throughout 
  the 
  region 
  will 
  result 
  

   in 
  a 
  great 
  saving, 
  to 
  be 
  realized 
  by 
  returns 
  within 
  a 
  relatively 
  short 
  

   time 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  initial 
  outlay. 
  

  

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