1 u . iiiQiic one in.. lake ” said P T Au.iiiS'U <if Hampden-Sydney. one ners in tl an i sir.aid hav«- named all my trees in l'M'J.” he explained “T wasn't the first h\ a long shot.” said the Hampden-Sydney man m< d<';-t!y. i. D O. Chappell and m vet-.-l o!Ik : - in tin; section plantetj, tin loblolly pines- 'before I did but mine were among the first. T had !' r ■! 1-ek ” he cont'nueci. ”1 planted them in April, lulu, and County P -ont Striplin estimated that I hud at least ur, per cent to live " Tin' four and otie-half acres he planted in l*i4 i now support as fine a stal’d of pines as you could ever t, pe t. f Xi;t mound iiuderneath has the -oft springy feel ot a pine needle blanket, and some of the majestic loblpllys are as much as 4'! nclies in circumrerence a few feet from eround level. He planted most of them six feet clear, and they stand :n a perfect pattern, just like row.-, of tobacco in the lield. "I tided to rahse a crop of corn on tin’ land before I planted the t- ••os.” Mr. Atkinson said. "The land was so poor that the corn hardly got above waist high. It was just unsuitable for farming so I put it in trees." He planted 1,090 trees to the acre. Air ut >. 'ht years ago he planted another 8.000 trees. These are now growing rivht along and are upward lo 29 lire: high. Last year Mr. Atkin son planted up additional 50.000 seedlings He reports that they have re quired no Cure I believe 1 did go out one time to h(lp light a fire in tin- neighborhood, but that was not much.” he explained. As he wandered through the man made forest, he pointed across the road and indicated several growths of scrub pine. "No comparison t-o these loblolly” lie said emphati e. Tree Farm Movement

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