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Show Blight Not Serious It was at first thought that the destruction de-struction of the chestnut would leave large gaps in the forests, requiring extensive planting, but the results of recent investigations indicate that the blank? caused by the dead or salvaged rhc.-tniil are rapidly being filled by surii valuable trees as the oaks, hick-;,rll, hick-;,rll, s , white ash, which can, in ,.;.:!, v i-epeets. take the place of chest-i chest-i -i in -he manufacture of wood prod- ucts. The forests are still far from i being fully productive, and will continue con-tinue to be much below normal for a number of years after the blight has done its work, though progress towaid complete recovery is Dearly everywhere every-where satisfactory. |