The tree farm movement started at about the same time Mr Atkin son began his tree planting. The American Tree Farm system is an industry-sponsoied program through which rood forest manage ment ) publicly recognized. Warn a landowner feels that he is manag ing his weodlot wisely, he may ap ply to his suite Trie Farm com mittee which arranges to have the V.'oiullot mspecte ! If the inspection by a recognized forester how,- managt-m- nt meas ures up to the principles of the American 1'ree Farm system, the land i.vi,' : w’s .1 certificotc and a tret farn d play on hi farm. Whether a landowner joins the Tree Farm system or not is imma terial said a spokesman for the A me -can Forest Products Industry The impos" int thing is that a land : a well-managed woodlot. Interest in tree farming or the growing of timber as a money crop is best attested by the fact that to da‘e 11 1 tes pari cT'ate in the volmitai v Tree T arm system. More than f n:r millk n actes were put into tree s Iasi year Planting in this Area The following figures released last wi ck by the Virginia Forest Service indicate the number of persons par ticipating and the number of trees planted in this area this year: Amelia county, jo participants.

49.9%