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RSLEASE Friday, No.vcmbor 7, 1930» 



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Spcglcing Tine ; 10 mimtcs 



A^T^pUITCTIElTT: Our 7ilds Man is back from the v/oods again. He 

 promised us to bring us a few loaves fron the boolc of ^Tature. Here 



in the Fall he should be able to get plenty of then 



An^nvcy, he has been talking -.vith sons of those Uo S. Forest 



Service experts -'^Tell, Mr. T7ildsnan, what did you pick 



up this time? — 



Maybe there ir. a bit of a nip to the wind but there 



is nothing like being out in the woods those da;ysJ 



There is life in the air. A firo ro.y feel good after a 

 long tronp or an all day hunt; but \7C can't forget the woods. 



l^ien sono folks see the trees in their Autunn burst of 

 colors, they think of the bright yellows and reds as the glorious 

 sunset of the year, Ao the brown leaves drop, we often thinlc of 

 their job as finished. 



Ho;7Cver, Ilr. 77. R. I^attoon, extension forester of the United 

 States Forest Service, has been pointing out to ne, there is more 

 to that litter on the forest floor than we sometimes think. 



The falling leaves --vill play several irar)ortant parts in the 

 life of the forest this winter and for several years to come. 

 And not only in the life of the forest, but in the lives of people 

 •./ho may think they live far from the forest. 



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Of course, vou knov;, the blanliot of cast-off leaves from/old- 



trees, is nighty important to the young seedlings. l/Ianj'- tree secd- 

 lin^.s arc very tender young things. They arc very susceptible not 

 only to old John Frost himself, but to cold in general. Likewise,, 

 in hot dry spoils in nidsummer the Icavos keep the ooil from becoming 

 overheated. 



