Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . tant for its welfare and derived for him-self an income by doing so. The work of forest restoration on State lands has actuallycommenced. \\ithin five years millions of young trees willbe planted on our reservations annually. The State is also ren-dering a no less important service in the protection which publicand private lands are receiving against incendiaries and timberthieves. Within eighteen months a distinguished judge as-serted that the owner of unseated land had practically no protec- 496 Natural Resources tion against such ]
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . tant for its welfare and derived for him-self an income by doing so. The work of forest restoration on State lands has actuallycommenced. \\ithin five years millions of young trees willbe planted on our reservations annually. The State is also ren-dering a no less important service in the protection which publicand private lands are receiving against incendiaries and timberthieves. Within eighteen months a distinguished judge as-serted that the owner of unseated land had practically no protec- 496 Natural Resources tion against such ]a\vless persons. The appearance of tlie Stateas a prosecutor in such cases has wholly changed this. Convic-tions are now of common occurrence, even within the judicialdistrict where the remark was recently made. Education lias ahvays been regarded as a legitimate field forState activity. Forestry has not yet ceased to have an educa-tional aspect. It would seem to be an entirely proper thing iffrom the State nurseries there could be a free annual distribu-. 1*.ri^tcil trrim the Island From Davs Historical Collections tion of young forest trees to our citizens. The cost would be small, the good gained incalculable, and the lessons impartedwould be lasting. II. Individual or corporate forestry differs with Stateforestry in that it anticipates returns within a reasonal)leperiod. For example, a railroad company which is obliged an-nually to purcliase large numlier of railroad tics, and (lisco\ersthat these are constantly becoming more difficult and more costly,to obtain, might well undertake to grow them itself Ijecause itwould be the shortest visible manner of obtaining what was es-sential to them, and l3ecause it would educate other land holdersto produce ties on land which would yield no other crop. It is fortunate indeed that there are several species of treeswhich are native to. or will thrive in. Pennsylvania and which areof such rapid growth that the individual who ]>lants
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