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owners would be only too glad to have this erosion checked by 
the planting of forest trees on the slopes. Possibly a small field 
or lot which has been sown to ordinary farm crops so long that 
the soil is worn out will be available. Trees will grow w^ell in 
such soil. Perhaps a small point of land, cut off from cultivation 
by streams or deep ditches, can be found ; or some farm owner of 
the neighborhood will want to start a woodlot or plant a shelter 
belt on his place. In any of these cases the practice of actual 
forestry afforded by this means of disposing of the trees gives 
one of the best possible solutions of the problem. The results 
will be self-evident and hence will be the source of much pleas- 
ure and pride to the school. Another advantage is that small 
seedlings, one or two years old, may be used for establishing 
forest plantations of this kind, whereas larger trees are prefer- 
able for planting for shade or ornament. 
It will be extremely desirable, if the school has opportunity to 
establish a plantation of the sort mentioned in the preceding 
paragraph, to secure expert advice as to the best methods of 
planting and caring for the trees. 
Sale of A^iirscry Stock. 
Young forest trees, suitable for planting in woodlots or forests, 
can frequently be sold for good prices. Cities and tow^ns may 
want them for street and park planting ; or the farmers of the 
vicinity may purchase them for planting about their homes. It 
will frequently be possible for the school which has had reason- 
able success with its nursery to sell the trees and derive consid- 
erable profit from this source. If there is a commercial nursery 
in the vicinity the stock of trees may be sold to it. This method 
of disposing of the trees will not give the satisfaction resulting 
from seeing the trees grow to maturity in the woodlot or school 
grounds, but most schools can make good use of any funds de- 
rived from the sale of the trees. 
COTTOX GR0JJ7XG IX THE WEST IX DIES. 
In most of the cotton-growing districts of the West Indies, 
sowing will have been completed by the end of last month, while, 
in some cases, the seed will have been planted as early as May. 
In all cases, the seed should have been carefully selected and dis- 
infected, either by the planter himself or by the agricultural au- 
thority in the island ; in some cases, this will have been done, 
under expert supervision, at the ginnery from which it was pur- 
chased. Where the cotton has not yet been sown, great care 
should be taken to ensure that proper selection and disinfection 
of the seed to be employed has been carried out. In connection 
with the disinfection of seed, it may be useful to remind the 
grower that the strength of the corrosive solution to be used for 
