25 MILLION FREE 
TO THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA 
B. A. BIRDSEY, THE WELL KNOWN 
MINING ENGINEER, LOCATOR, DEVEL¬ 
OPER AND CONTRACTOR, OF CREEDE, 
COLORADO, HAS DONATED 34 MILLION 
(INSTEAD OF 25 MILLION) COLORADO 
BT.I E SPRUCE TREE SEED. 
SEE OFFER BELOW 
Creede, Colorado, Dec. 25, 1933 
Dear Mr. Betz 
I have watched your work for years and 
wish more, men could see the great need for 
reforestation, as you see it. 
I wish to make a Christmas present to the 
children, one that will live indefinitely, The 
finest gift I know of would be seeds which 
will produce millions of the most beautiful 
trees that grow, the Colorado Blue Spruce, 
and as you are the man to see that these 
seeds are distributed, I am sending you over 
25 million gathered here in the mountains. 
I suggest you present the seed to Chambers 
of Commerce, Scout Executives, Rotary, 
Kiwanis, Izaak Walton League and other 
Clubs for planting - provided they are interes¬ 
ted and will meet the gift part way by buying 
trees or tree seed from you to be turned over 
to Pupils, Boy Scouts, 4 H Clubs or anyone 
who will plant them. 
Your work is deserving and as the late Alex¬ 
ander Legge, President of the International 
Harvester Company, said: “May the good 
Lord send us more men like this tree loving, 
tree planting gentleman from Indiana.” I 
hope my little gift to your cause will assist 
in a small measure- 
Hoping the New Year will see your desires 
achieved. 
Cordially, Ben A. Birdse.y 
AN OFFER OPEN TO EVERYONE 
25 cents BUYS AN ASSORTMENT OF PINE 
SPRUCE AND ARBOR VITAE TREE SEED 
INCLUDING COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 
for 25 pupils, Scouts or 4H Club members. 
SCHOOL TEACHERS COLLECTING ONE 
CENT FROM EACH OF 25 PUPILS FOR 
AN ASSORTMENT OF TREE SEED AND 
■JlBfrgTTTING 25 CENTS IN STAMPS' 
RECEIVE 1000 COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 
SEED FREE FOR BEAUTIFYING THE 
SCHOOL GROUNDS. 
A $1 BILL AND 10 CENTS IN STAMPS 
BUYS THE BIG IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE 
SEED PACKAGE AND 5000 COLORADO 
BLUE SPRUCE TREE SEED. 
IF THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE WHO 
NEVER SAW A TREE CAN RAISE THEM 
BY THE MILLIONS FROM SEED, WHY 
NOT DO IT HERE?_ 
FROM THE HOLYLAND 
New York City- Feb. 4, 1932 
“Dear Mr. Betz: 
“1 have returned from my world tour in 
which I had the opportunity of visiting Pal¬ 
estine, where I saw millions of little trees 
growing form the seed which you so gener 
ously contributed. Ere long those barren hills 
of Judah will once again be clothed with 
verdure. Even this generation will see a mar 
velous change in the country which will be 
largely brought about by your munificant gift. 
“I am looking forward to visiting Chicago 
on Saturday night when I am due to arrive 
to lecture on Sunday, February 28, at the 
Chicago Academy of Sciences on the Rebirth 
of Palestine at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. I 
trust that it may be possible for you to be 
present, as I am sure you would like to see 
the film of the tree planting. I shall look for¬ 
ward to seeing you some time after the meet¬ 
ing, if only for a few minutes. 
“I am telling the world what you have 
done for Palestine. 
RICHARD ST. BARBE BAKER.” 
32 Warwick Rd., London 
TO EDITORS OF FARM JOURNALS AND NEV/SPAPERS 
FREE TO EDITORS—ON JANUARY 12, 1934 I LEARNED THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED 
TO ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING BOOKS EVER PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERN¬ 
MENT, effecting the American farmer. If you have not read it, write today for “SEPARATE NO 1 
MAJOR PROBLEMS OF THE NEXT BIG STEP IN AMERICAN FORESTRY, from SENATE 
DOCUMENT NO. 12,” for assisting our farmers and those in towns and cities in farming communities 
who depend upon farmers. Write Department of Printing, Washington, D. C. 
See Page 81, Although thousands have an idea city people can get along without the farmer and 
that the farmer can get along on farms made useless by soil erosion it is not true. 
The map of Illinois made by the Department of Agriculture showing millions of acres of our high¬ 
est priced farmland ruined through soil erosion caused many to wonder. The article in NATIONAL 
REPUBLIC telling about 5 million bushels of Rye from the Balkan countries being unloaded in Buf¬ 
falo and 5 million more on the way with thousands of our farmers unable to make a living and pay 
taxes should make those familiar with conditions in the Far East wonder where we are headed for. 
Take Poultry—We import over 6 million lbs and 3 million lbs. of Dried Eggs yearly and oui 
farmers have more wheat and corn than they know what to do with. 
Should you not believe in planting trees for preventing soil erosion, kindly look at the map oi 
Illinois and you will see things in a different light. 
Those who say there is enough lumber to last while they live and the children will use something 
else when the lumber is gone, or planting trees is all bunk, will not offset what Russia with 1-7 of the 
land on the globe where 100 of the 160 million men, women and children working in fields which were 
increased from 279 million to 335 millions acres, producing more on one acre with modern machinery 
for European markets than our land will on 3, 4 and 5 has caused some to realize we must do some¬ 
thing or bring our expert engineers, farmers, stock growers and cotton raisers home. 
In this country we think a 25,000 acre farm is a wonder. In Russia there is one grain farm ot 
$75,000 acres; another, 277,000. 
In Europe land farmed for centuries will produce practically as much as ever. In this country 
farmland in a few years will not produce enough to pay taxes. 
$100 WORTH OF TREES FOR 27 CENTS 
Will you allow me to assist you in starting the children of your subscribers in a work that will 
add one million dollars to the wealth of this country protect farms still having top soil, make unpro¬ 
ductive land bring in an income, furnish trees for preventing soil erosion and provide a nesting place 
for birds which save farmers over $100,000,000 yearly. 
I have over 2 million trees, 250 million tree seed which, if covered with dirt, will make beautiful 
trees. I will gladly send the seed to your subscribers for growing 5000 pine, spruce and arbor vitae 
evergreen trees for setting out a 5-row, 1200-foot windbreak, preventing soil erosion and for Christmas 
trees which sell for more money than the crops from 10 times the amount of ground required to raise 
them, with full instructions for planting and raising. 
ALSO 1000 GENUINE COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE TREE SEED FOR PRODUCING 
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TREES IN THE WORLD. 27 CENTS IN POSTAGE STAMPS 
PAYS THE ENTIRE BILL, which is not enough to pay expenses. 
$2.50 BUYS 250 BIG EVERGREEN CHRISTMAS TREES or 250 DECIDUOUS TREES AND 
5000 COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE SEED.” 
Up to the present time over 600,000 pupils have planted trees or tree seed sent through this 
office. All trees are from the best known Nurseries. 
FRANK S. BETZ BETZ BLDG. HAMMOND, INDIANA 
