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Show Problems of Foresi Planting In the intermountaln region there are a great many treeless areas which are included within tho boundaries boun-daries of tho national forests. In accordance with tho policy of the forest Bcrvlco to put all lands under its Jurisdiction to tho highest uso, tho opsslblllty of planting" many ot theso areas with trees Is under Investigation. Inves-tigation. Some situations as burned ateas In tho high mountains can un-quoHtionably un-quoHtionably be reforested artificially artificial-ly with success, but 'the other areas, 5uch as oak and sago brush present much more of a problem. It Is very dllllcult to got planted "trees started in such ploces which aro hot and dry in midsummer, and furthermore, thoro Ig sonio question whether trees in such places which nro hot and largo sawloga within a reasonable length of time. This whole problem prob-lem has been under Intensive Investigation Inves-tigation nt the Great Rasln Experiment Experi-ment Station near Ephraim, Utah, for u number of years. Thousands of trees have been pfanFed under different conditions In various situations and' tholr behavior behav-ior noted from year to year In the oakbiush the first year losses art, ! jlnvnriably heavy but after three years tho loss' Is reduced to a few per cent Almost cverywhoro thero Is J great damage to planted trees by the ' Vnowshoo rabbits, year after yea-, Ltit rVverlheless It seems probablo that oni out of every four trees planted . oughV to pull through, provided it I was uglnally a husky treo and wh properlySj)lnn,,'t1' early In the spring. |