Sowing Forest Seed in an Effort to Grow a New Forest
A Camping Ground in a National Forest
Good Forests Mean Good Hunting and Fishing
Young White Pine Seeded from Adjoining Pine Trees
What Some Kinds of Timber Cutting Do to a Forest
On Poor Soil Trees are More Profitable Than Farm Crops
A Forest Crop on its Way to the Market

[Transcriber's note: "Section of a Virgin Forest" is the seventh
(not the second) illustration in the book.]





CHAPTER I

HOW TREES GROW AND MULTIPLY


The trees of the forest grow by forming new layers of wood
directly under the bark. Trees are held upright in the soil by
means of roots which reach to a depth of many feet where the soil
is loose and porous. These roots are the supports of the tree.
They hold it rigidly in position. They also supply the tree with
food. Through delicate hairs on the roots, they absorb soil
moisture and plant food from the earth and pass them along to the
tree. The body of the tree acts as a passage way through which
the food and drink are conveyed to the top or crown. The crown is
the place where the food is digested and the regeneration of