Not Only For Beauty

People plant trees not only for their beauty, their shade, and their ornamental value but also because they appreciate the importance of reforestation. We have in this country today more than eighty million acres of idle land, once forested, but now producing nothing, even being unsuitable for ordinary agriculture. What, you may ask, has the planting of a tree got to do with all of this? Nothing if you do not catclh the inspiration of the tree's message. When the Indian: roamed our county and lived from the products of its soil they were accustomed to let Nature produce their food crops. This was haphazard and uncertain, and much too slow and inadequate for the white man with a growing nation to feed.

He had to plant his crops in order to get the most from the land; to plant them in order to get the best results; to improve the seed and refine the quality of his foodstuffs for the consumers. With our forests we have, in most sections of our country, reached the point where we must regard them as crops. We must plant them as a crop. We must grow them on idle acres in such a way as to get the most from these acres. We must produce the best trees and a continuous supply of timber. This process is known as reforestation.

Today the Federal Government, the State Forestry Departments, forward-looking lumbermen and various wood-users are reforesting. But it need not stop with these. In fact, it does not. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, women's clubs, civic groups, and a variety of organizations are reforesting. Towns and cities are doing their part in creating community forests on their idle lands and on the watersheds of their reservoirs. Wise farmers are setting slacker acres to work growing woodlands. Fish and game clubs are planting areas to serve as sanctuaries and to protect the Streams. Landowners are beautifying and making more valuable non-working acres among their holdings.

Reforesting is not only essential but also profitable. Reforestation is not an occult science reserved only to the Student and the specialists. Suppose you were to undertake planting a tree crop, what should you do as a start? Probably your chief reliance will be the State Forester. Almost every state now has such an official with headquarters in the State Capitol. He is in a position to give advice and, in many cases where the state is progressive in Forestry, to give definite assistance. Several states, including New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Indiana, Ohio, and others, can supply seedlings free or at cost from the state nurseries. The State Forester should be asked about this. In a number of states, also, there are special tax exemption laws for lands growing timber and inquiry should be made about these.

By: davidbunch

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