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172 one tree, of course, but it means a whole forest gone when you multiply it by all the Christmas trees cut in the United States. Shade trees, nut trees, fruit trees, and trees in which wild birds like to nest can be set out on Arbor Day, and will help to keep the beauty and the value of our woodland.

Your vacation fishing may help or hinder the work of the Government in preserving fish. Find out if there is a state fish hatching station near you, when its visiting days are, and go and see the wonderful way in which a fish grows and breeds. There are some waters near you where fishing is not allowed; never can one fish in a reservoir that supplies a town with water. Trout, oysters, shad, and lobsters all have their seasons of rest. The boy and girl fisher can find out when these closed seasons end, and not catch any fish until the law allows it.

If everyone in the United States saved one tree, and one fish family a year, it would make our country much more beautiful and vastly richer in timber and food.