Connecticut western news., 1910-12-01
TREES AND FORESTRY
Compositions by High School Pupils
 on lntere sting Topics.

on Interesting Topics.
 Following are the compositions ou Trees, written by Masters Nelson Par sons and Keith Adams, of the Eighth Grade, Canaan High School. The lead ing article is by Master Parsons:
 THE TREES.
 The trees and the forests are the most useful things we have. If it were not for the trees we would have no water, fuel, or wood for building purposes. To have these things we must take care of our forests. We have always treated our forests as a place not needing any care. In caring for the forest we should cut out the weed trees and large trees for smaller trees to grow. The work of Forest Ranger is to do exactly this thing but he must have the support of the Government and the people behind that to do this. He is just as much an officer of our country as General of an army and can do just as much to help our country.
 Every Forest Ranger has his own out fit and the Government has small shacks or shanties scattered through the forest with everything right handy; he must stop all fires and oat in the West the people of the different ranches try to send cattle and sheep through the lines and these destroy all the fine young life in the forest. The Ranger has to put, stop to this though it is pretty hard work when there are thousands of sheep and cattle as there are sometimes. There are great many Rangers in one forest so that the life of Ranger is not as hard as if he were alone to care for Uncle Sam's greatest need. The people of our Country havesnot as yet walked up to the fact but they will soon see that where every big tree is cut down a little one should be placed in its stead, If this is done our forests will be larger and will require more care and protection which will necessitate more Rangers and men to look after them.
 In Germany today the people do this also in many foreign countries 30 that the people have better forests and more forests. If our country had more men in the fCrest service we would not have so many fires. In America one man is set to guard one hundred thousand acres while in Germany if one guards two thousand acres he thinks he has good deal to guard. If our nation would stop putting money into her warships and put more into her forest service she would be better off. If they do not guard their forest where is the wood coming from to build new warships? Only little while ago fire broke out in Washington and burned a spot larger than the whole state of Massachusetts. In Washington, Oregan and Montana the force that was sent to put 8 stop to this was far too small to make any inn pression on this vast territory. We have got to have more men in the forest service and put stop to all of these fires.
 Master Adams composition is ss fol- | lows:
 | ... THE TREES.
 AS theScountry is growing older the less forests we have. If thegovernment isn't careful of it's trees there will be famine of wood and we need this more than any article in the world.
 The forests in the West are being burnt off by forest fires. The trees are being cut down and. used yet there are no more trees planted. | The government has a law now that when tree is cut down there must be more trees planted in their places.
 In the large forests of Maine and the north and northwestern part of the United States there are government forest rangersbwho see that the laws about trees are obeyed and to see if there are any fires in the forests. The forest rangers ride on horses and sometimes have very exciting adventures with wild animals.
 | Where there are no forests and in the towns and cities there are men in each town or city who are appointed to see that the trees along the roads are not injured in any way. If any insects are destroying the trees these men tell the government about the insect and ask them what they should do to the trees to kill the insects.
 In New York and the New England states the elm beetles are killing the elm trees and the people are trying to get rid of the beetle.