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Show 120 Experimental Forests in Country Trees are a crop to be planted, cared for and harvested, just like any other plant. Some indhiduals get a lot of fun out of planting a variety of trees as they walk through the woods or as an experiment experi-ment in their back yards. Commercial Commer-cial planting, however, is not a hit-or-miss proposition. Studies of trees are carried on through 11 forest and range experiment experi-ment stations in this country. Actual Ac-tual field work is conducted at 61 research centers and 102 experimental experi-mental forests. The Koen experimental forest, for instance, Is a part of the central cen-tral Ozark oranch of the forest service. Experiments carried on in this forest will help owners oi 20,000.000 acres of woodland in 24 counties of the Ozark highlands manage their forests. Each station finds what practices are best for woodland owners in that particulaj area. |