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Our production story begins in the forests of Pennsylvania, which provide pulp for paper. Trees are a crop that must be replaced as it is reaped. As a result of the most scientific forestry and conservation program promoted and observed by Curtis, pulpwood is actually grown faster than it is used. Some trees are marked to be left as seed trees to help replenish the forest. Others are marked for cutting. They are marked because they have reached maturity, and by removing them, the growth of many younger trees will be considerably helped. By a special process called girdling, the marked tree is painted with a chemical that will cause it to die, cause its bark to loosen, and its branches to become brittle even before it is touched by the axe or saw. And when it is felled, much of the bark will fall off, and the brittle branches will collapse easily, causing little if any damage to the younger