XXiv eo FOREWORD 
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appropriation of ten thousand dollars, five thousand dollars to be 
available in 1921 and the balance in 1922, would be ample for im- 
mediate needs. In acquiring a suitable location for this new 
nursery we should bear in mind that the demand for planting 
stock will surely increase and a sufficient area of land should be 
secured to allow of a much larger development in the future. A 
new State nursery must soon become self supporting through the 
sale of its products, and then it becomes simply a business proposi- 
tion that maintains itself. The State nursery at Orono now has 
an income from sales sufficient to pay all expense of maintenance. 
While some advocates of tree planting believe that young forest 
trees should be furnished free to any who will plant and properly 
care for them, at present it is quite a privilege to be able to secure 
them at cost. With the present nation-wide interest in planting 
and restocking of timberlands there is prospect of such a request 
for young trees to plant that every source of production of nursery 
stock must be severely taxed to meet the demand. 
Public Ownership 
When considering forest conservation we are apt to think pri- 
marily of protecting our forest resources for the purely commer- 
cial reason that we may have raw material for our mills. But we 
must also realize that the forests minister to us in many other 
ways that have a very direct relation to public comfort and health. 
Shot (with the camera) at Sunrise. 
Photo from J. K. Pooler 
