Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1903 — Indiana Leads in Tree Planting. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Leads in Tree Planting.

What is believed will 4 be one of the most popular reports of the Bureau of Forestry which was sent to the stato printer yesterday Eight thousand, copies of thereport wilt be printed. One of the ia tores ti ng developments in Indiana has been the sentiment for forest preservation and planting. During the last year Indiana has forged Jto the front line as the greatest tree planting commonwealth in the union Many agriculturists are anxious to invest in a tract of forest land but do not know how to go about successful tree planting. It is for these especially that the report is designed. One of the recommendations made in the report is that the law of 1899 which exempts from taxation certain tree lands be repealed.