Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1920 — Importance of Trees. [ARTICLE]

Importance of Trees.

When we have once had our Interest in trees awakened and have considered their various uses and helpfulness to man, we are glad to learn something of their ways and how their troubles may be remedied. Trees help to keep the . soil In place on hillsides. They hold* to its course the. wayward brook. They furnish shelter, shade and cozy nesting-places for the birds; we should have few little feathered friends if it were not for trees. They are companionable, and like to grow where they can rub branches with' their fellows; they give a refreshing shade in the summer and protection in the winter, and they have character and individuality. It is well worth our while to save them from destruction, as well as to help restore the forests which have been ruthlessly cut down.