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Rh or caterpillars hidden in the bark, which are causing all the trouble. Almost every state has a forestry department in its capital. This department knows all about tree and garden pests, and you can send a caterpillar that was eating your tree to your state forester. He will tell you how to rid the trees of the pests, or he may send a man to look into the matter if the whole town is in danger.

Not many years ago Uncle Sam thought of a new holiday that he would like to celebrate, Arbor Day. He keeps it through his states, as they wish, and according to climate, but wherever Arbor Day is kept if is a day when boys and girls can do something to make their town beautiful. In twelve years, three hundred and fifty million trees were planted, Arbor Day, on bare roadsides, in school yards, parks, and on barren plains by the school children of the United States. Most of these were young saplings when they were first set out in the earth, and they have grown, inch by inch, until they overhang the roads and make shade for travelers, and a resting place for the birds.

Any young American can celebrate Arbor Day at home in the spring, whether it is a state holiday or not. Plant a vine, a bush, a young nut or fruit tree somewhere, and make every day