Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-12
BLOOD TO
FERTILIZE
GIFT TREES

X devastated Sectlons ol tHe Aille'
,ountries. From Boston thre
roars ago the American forestr,
sssociation of Washington sen
millions of tree seeds to France
Great Britain and Belgium to taxi
tbe place of their comrades VIII
s fall in the world war.
The welcome with which thu
unioue Christmas present was re-
ceiyed is shown in the report o.
# Arthur Newton Pack of Princeton
n + to the American Forestry as.
sociation, which commissioned him
n TO 60 to Europe, made public by
tbe association following his three
months tour. In this report Is
the following general order by
the French ministry:
N "The plantations made from the
seed presented to us by the Amer
,can Forestry association should
he located in places readily accessi-
ble 10 the main travelled roads and
II possible on or near well known
sites, with the view that future
forests remain as monument to
the partnership of France and
America in the great war"
England Heavy Loser.
In the Britist Isles, which lost
Che most forest cover because 1t
was there cutting was done on a
wholesale scale to meet the de-
mands of war, the same good feel
Ing prevails. In Belgium, too,
the work is going forward, and in
the once beautiful Ardennes
mountains, where German axes
left nothing standing, patches of
American Douglas fir are rearing
their heads where once was the
mark of the German heel.
Here are some of the places the
seedlings are planted:
''In county Tyrone, Ireland,
where the best nursery showing
Of any planted by the British For
estry commission has been made. |
I'm the Forest of Normal, where
in 25,O0O-acre forest of pine and
beech the German ak left nothing
but the smallest saplings.
In the Ardennes mountains,
bordering the old Duchy of Lux
embourg.
'Along the Caledonian canal, in
Scotland, known to all the Ameri-
can navy, because it was there
the American submarine chasers
were mobilized.
Along the Chemin des Danes,
where the doughboy made history.
Around Lille, Valenciennes and
Hirson, at the doors of reviying
industry.
IN the Forest of Sain, Gobain
ana around the ruins of the fam
DuS Coucy-le-Chateau.o
A tremendous task faces the
Allied countries, and the magni-
ude Of it is shown in Commits II
Toner Packs report to the associ-
tlon' which brings out the fact
nat Great Britain's program calls
y lA00O pounds of seed per an
am while France needs an equal II
Hount, and because of the sum-
Ter drought Belgium needs al H
ost as much. III
II French Plant Many Trees.
Inc seedlings were placed first
all by the French government
ong the Chemin des Danes, III
lere the glory of the doughboy is III
reVer enshrined. So awful was Hi
artillery fire hardly a charred | Hi
imp remains of the once thick III
rest along the slopes. But now I0
" on row, like the poppies of Hi
anuers, the seedlings carpet the Hi
pes once gouged and torn, by IH
battle s heel in the strugglelIN
ainSt militarism. These trees Hi
'ne years to come will be a great
moral in the region now super iii
Gu py the American committee
devastated France. Americas / III
eS' TOO, will be found taking HI
pace OF their comrades who H
, IN The Forest of Saint Gobain IN
around the ruins of the fam iii
oouey-le-Chateau, dynamited Hi
~, sne retreating Germans. Hi
~ The north the German army Hi
every stick of available tim-lll
iof It's own use, !" says the re-lliE
= =, IN the Forest of Normal Hi
- acres of once beautiful pine Hi
Deech forest, of which nothing HI
ans today except the stumps MI
%, an Undertaking is involved iii
. epiantlng everywhere at once Vii
nefe the French have adopted III
~ different system-IH
'Hs and spading UP only alIH
! circle here and there, where HI
" seed has been sown direct iii
si'nout i the intermediate nurs- III
sla'e, The loss may be heayi-
1a' y. the labor of reforestation
~ ua De lightened.
! MS experiment. with our seeds Hi
unusual interest to us in
'.Sa' where planting labor
ore nigh, and it may be that
'rperlment made with Ameri-
Ouslas fir In France will
II + a. nave real value 10 fores-
: AZ. sAheflea. The whole north
tI. tnI,.s'riet-Lille. Valenciepnes