Show I G TREES why do you plant trees you cannot hope to enjoy any of the benefits when they mature was the question put to an old man who was busy dig ging 1 I plant trees tor for those who come aber me bs said and went on with his work is what many other people are doieg at the present time and their numbers should increase by tens of 0 thousands wands somo some good work in forestation ia 19 being done in this country and also in the dominion of canada twenty five rull mil lion trees have been distributed in the last five years from the canadian government forest nursery station at likman an head sask and planted thru out tie the prairie provinces of 0 manitoba saskatchewan and alberta the te nur sery has haa been distributing trees since 1901 it in the first few years only a few hundred thousand trees were sent sent out a year but in the last few years the average has bar reached a year and Is expected to exceed this number in the future the trees are planted by towns and villages along their streets and by farmers about their homes for shade and beauty and alois the edges of their fields to furnish shelter tor for livestock and windbreaks tor for growing crops such wholesale tree planting has already made a change in the landscape in many parts of 0 the provinces in time it will result in the dotting lot ting of the generally with groves ot of forest trees and eventually will transform the appearance ot of the prairies into a semblance of a new england countryside the women of western canada have taken perhaps more interest in this tree planting than the men aside from cash returns which shelter belts give on prairie farms the trees add much to the beauty and comfort of the home and this side appeals especially to the women of the farms tribune |