X^gMm.: Every two weeks at this time o-or t7ildr. Man tells us 

 aoout nis visits with Uncle Sam's Haturalists. Today he will tell of 

 hxs talk With Mr E IT in charge of the Forest Experiment 

 Stations ox the U. S. Eorefft Service. They tallced a^oout the wildest 

 01 tne wild country left in the depths of otu- forests and why the 

 government plans to keep such areas wild 



One of our big boyhood heroes .vas the Ai:ierican pioneer :7ith 

 nisax. He certainly did a wonderful Job. He won a hard fight 



wfSerLss! firuV ^'""^ ''"^'"^ ^^^^^'s 



n«t.. the East, it is hard to find forest areas in their 



natural, primitive condition. Our Northeast has been over-run by white 



free from man's influence. In the South, it is much the same. In the 

 •'Cot, too, cnanges are going on fast. 



Wilds Jttfnf ; "'^^V^^ °^ "^^ noticed, right around us, the 



RoLLflt > nf!r • ^""^ remember, not so many years ago, President 

 hard to finT ^"-^^ '''' ^anebrakes of Louisiana. ITow it ir, 



hard to find a caneorake. Continued use of fire and overgrazing bv 

 hogs has practically eliminated them. grazing .y 



or the =i::^^;:tifi-io^:s;^ -^i^ - 



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Station^^^f'^'h^T'i I' ^'^TV ''^ ""^^^^ °' ""''^ Experiment 

 btations, of .he U.S. Forest Service, joints out to me there is another 

 aad maybe .igger reason why the government is setting aside w ld^eas to 

 ^ep tnem wild. Some of these wild sections are being reserved sfoS 

 foresters can got to the roots of many questions on hfw to rrow ??ee^ ' 



Eor example, Mr. IJunns tells about the former fiv forests of 

 soutnorn Germany. When the fir was cut off, spruce was'p d Lll 

 Sir, that spnxce flo-^ished at first. Tl.e foresters con^atula^ed 



