Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1919 — Fir Seeds to Help Reforest France [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Fir Seeds to Help Reforest France

Bag in Hands of Secretary of American Forestry Association Estimated to Contain 50,000 Trees

P. S.Ridsdale, secretary of the American Forestry association, on his way to France with all the Douglas fir seeds the association could find in the American market! Mr. Ridsdale figures there are 50,000 trees in the bag he carries, and he will ask French officials to tell him what other kinds of seed they want with which to reforest France. As soon as he returns the associationwill start a campaign to procure the needed seeds. Douglas fir was the first variety asked for, and a scarcity of this kind was immediately discovered.