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        by Cecil Adams
            About 20 years ago when I lived in Vancouver, I watched a TV local news segment about how the University of British Columbia&#039;s forestry department had created a system for injecting hormones into growing trees to produce a &quot;square tree.&quot; Much was made of the advantages for the lumber industry: reduction of waste and so on.&hellip;
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