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Show Tree Seeding by Plane Fails in State Forest OLYMPIA, WASH. Planting trees by airplane proved to be a noble experiment, but it did not work, Forester T. S. Goodyear reports. re-ports. Douglas fir seed was sown over a 20-acre area of burned-over land in the state forest a year ago. Inspection Inspec-tion this year showed that few of the seeds sprouted and survived. Goodyear blamed animals for eating eat-ing part of the seed and reflected heat from charred undergrowth with killing some of the young trees that did sprout. |