SEC. 662 P.L.&R. 
U.S. POSTAGE 
PAID 
PEI<^llT 14 
A. H* 
Division of Fruit and Vegetable 
Crop Diseases 
Bureau of Plant Industry 
U. S. Dept, of aigriculture 
.Vashington, D. G. 
This is Mr. Frank S. Betz, of Hammond, 
Indiana, the man who has done more to stim¬ 
ulate interest in seedling tree planting than 
any other man in America. On account of ill 
health Mr. Betz has retired from active par¬ 
ticipation in this great crusade and has asked 
Boyd Nursery Company to “carry on” for 
him. Read the interesting story of his career 
on the inside pages of this folder. 
MK. FRANK S. liETZ 
Of Ilnininoiul, 1n<l. 
Federal and State Governments have become alarmed over the waste of our natural resources. We are 
fearful that but little can be accomplished without the awakening of private land owners to this dreadful 
destruction that is confronting our children. 
If you have an idle field that has been worn out, then just try a few thousand of our tree seedlings 
and be convinced that it is not as expensive an undertaking as you might think. Such a move not only 
is patriotic, but also will yield an income on the value of your property. 
Gullied Area on Farm in 192Z, Before - 
Planting 
The neglect of our present generation will cause suffering and hard¬ 
ships on the coming population. We have destroyed land and timber so 
why not do something to restore it. Our public schools can do nothing 
more important than teaching our boys and girls the importance of pre¬ 
serving our natural resources and the importance of giving back the things 
that we have ruth¬ 
lessly taken. We are 
doing our part by 
growing millions of 
tree seedlings and 
offering them at a 
very low price. The 
Government is do¬ 
ing a splendid work 
in reforestation, but 
it will be impossible 
for them to do this 
job alone. Our ap¬ 
peal to you is for 
immediate action 
before our soil be¬ 
comes further dam¬ 
aged by erosion. same Area in 1929. Note tlie gron^li Black T.ecust 1ms made 
in seven years. 
THE MORE TREES, THE LARGER THE INCOME 
Taxes on land in many states planted with trees have been 
greatly reduced. Therefore, this saving will more than pay 
for the land and labor and buy the small trees, each of which 
if planted according to forestry rules, should make two or 
three sixteen-foot logs free from knots and produce over 
$7,500 worth of lumber per acre at today’s prices. 
Teach our school children the importance of planting trees. 
Help them work out a school program for planting evergreen 
and deciduous trees in your vicinity. 
IF INDIANA CAN, YOU CAN 
Over ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY-FIVE MILLION 
TREES, WALNUTS and TREE SEED have been planted by 
over 500,000 pupils and many who at first smiled at the idea, 
after they learned that over 50% of our standing timber had 
been cut or destroyed by fire since 1870, turned out to be 
enthusiastic tree planters. 
Over 2,000,000 trees and tree seed were planted by pupils 
in Lake County, Ind., in 1929, over 8,000,000 in 1930, in 1931 
over two and a half times more black walnuts than were 
planted in the County and over five times more in the State 
than were planted by all state nurseries combined in the 
United States for one year. 
This tree planting proposition has added millions of dollars 
of wealth to the state of Indiana. You, too, can do this for 
your county, city and state! 
The President Tells Young Farmers 
President Roosevelt tells 1500 young farmer boys in a convention at Washington, D. C., the importance 
of trees. He says: “There is only about thirty or forty years timber supply in the United States.” He also 
says: “We are using lumber about four times as fast as it grows.” President Roosevelt is well informed 
about the timber condition in the United States and has been 
for many years, planting forest trees. We get this informa¬ 
tion from the fact that he bought trees from the father of 
F. C. Boyd thirty years ago. 
THINK THIS OVER! 
You land owners who have large estates, trying to make 
expenses on worn out land, 
TULIP POPLAR will produce from seedlings on one 
acre 15,000 to 20,000 feet of lumber in 20 years, also 
build up your land. Trees to start your forest cost 
$10.00 per 1,000, 6-12 in. seedlings that will plant 
one acre. 
Wr. F. C. Boyd, Warm Spring:8, Ga. 
Boyd Nursery Company, December 4, 1931 
McMinnville, Tenn. 
Dear Mr. Boyd: 
Thank you for your letter. 
I tliink I can take between four and five thou¬ 
sand Tulip Poplars next April as I am cleaning off 
and draining: a swamp lot. 
Will you drop me a line to Albany, N. Y., about 
the 15th of March and I shall then g:ive you 
date and shipping directions. 
The Tulip Poplars which I g-ot from you many 
years ago have done splendidly and some of them 
are now between forty and fifty feet high. 
Sincerely yours, 
Franklin D. Roosevelt. 
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN TREE SEEDLINGS FOR REFORESTATION 
LISTED ON INSIDE PAGES 
BLACK WALNUTS 
Black Walnut is one of the most 
valuable timbers that is grown in 
the United States. We have found 
a ready market in Europe for Black 
Walnut lumber. Prices range from 
$165.00 up per thousand. Black 
Walnut builds soil quickly and is a 
fast grower. If planted correctly 
they will produce 25 foot logs, free 
from limbs and knots, in twenty 
years. You can plant 500 trees on 
one acre of land. Tree seedlings 
12-18 inches will cost you only 
$15.00 per 1,000. Not a bad in¬ 
vestment for the small cost of plant¬ 
ing. 
HAVE BEEN PLANTED 
ALL OVER THE WORLD 
BLACK LOCUST 
We can recommend Black Locust 
for the quickest results of all trees 
from the standpoint of a cash in¬ 
come. Black Locust is one of the 
greatest soil builders of all trees. 
After a short period of time you 
can cut and market fence posts. 
There is always a ready sale for 
Black Locust timber where durable 
timber is wanted. 
$5.00 will purchase 1,000 Black 
Locusts, 6-12 in., which will plant 
one acre, which will give you 
$600.00 profit in 12 years, in other 
words your income will be $50.00 a 
year per acre on waste lands. 
BOYD NURSERY CO., McMlNNYlLLE, TENNESSEE 
CopTTiffht, 1988, Boyd Nnrsery Company 
