p. 11 | Plant Trees by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 10, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 24.

Plant Trees.

By Editor

THERE has come to our table from the United States Department of Agriculture, circular No. 140 entitled “What Forestry Has Done,” by Treadwell Cleveland, Jr., an expert in this line.

It is issued under the date of Jan. 28, 1908. The one who has charge of the department is Mr. Gifford Pinchot. We wish that those who have land could read the document. It goes on to show how whole countries have been denuded of their forests, and the steps that are taken in different parts of the world to supply this need. There are millions and millions of acres on farms throuout the East and West that are of themselves utterly worthless, stony and barren. There are trees like some of the species of the blue gum, or eucalyptus, that, once well planted, will grow and which nothing can kill. In a little while these bare places could be covered, moisture would be retained, rainfall promoted, and the country blessed in every way. If each farmer or ranch owner would decide to plant a few trees at least every year, and hold to his decision, he would become a greater blessing to the country in general. And governments could not do better than to plant large forests in the barren tracts which have been denuded of timber. Trees are indeed a blessing, as God’s word has assured us.