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Increases U. S. \
Forest Industries
America’s ereen mantle of forests. shredded by a growing; nation hungry for raw materials, i« spreading once again.
More wood is being grown than cut. Last year, morethan one billion tfees wtje planted. Trees have become a farm cron Woe 'cotton or corn, the National /Geographic Society says/v .; v~..,
Owners I smail wood lots— who control 60 per cent of the nation’s wood resources—are becoming more and more aware of the possibilities of well-managed ■ forests. '; *
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Indicative is the growth of the Trfe Farm System—a private program rto encourage gaod forestry. . It .is sponsored bv the Aynerican ‘Forest Products Industries, Incan association of wood users, which . offers professional advice and arranges technical. assistance - for woodland owners.
Trar number of acres in the program; Jhas grown swiftly since it beganrfn _ 1941. In February, 1958. it topped 45 billion. Moreover, Tree Farm officials estimate an
49.7%