Parowan Times | 1927-11-09 | Page 5 | Cover Waste Land with Forest Trees

cover waste land with forest trees the american tree association notes that somewhere near dear almost every town Is land unfit for cultivation but land that would grow forest trees tre ea satisfactorily it also Is noted that these town forests properly handled cutting out the mature trees without impairing the immature and saplings ohen often are sources ot of income equal to the cost of maintenance or more the wood from tree tops cut for lumber from dead trees and from thinning out processes furnishes a fuel readily sold the forests provide some employment it if they happen to cover the sources of the towns water supply so go much tile the better finally to whatever extent they contribute to the timber supply to that extent they offset the tremendous drain on our remaining timber lands