GRAZING IN THE FOREST. 



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found ill Part II of this i>rimer, together with some 

 consideration of the most etfective remedy, which is 

 found in conservative ways of handling the forest, 

 that is, in forest management. 



GRAZING IN THE FOREST. 



Wliether grazing animals are comparatively harmless 

 to the forest or among its most dangerous enemies 



Fig. 64.— a band of sheep passing througb the forest. These .sheep were being 

 herded illegally in a forest reserve. Eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains 

 near Badger Lake, Wasco County, Oregon, 



depends on the age and character of the woods as well 

 as upon the kind of animals that graze. A young forest 

 is always more exposed to such injury than an old one, 

 and steep slopes are more subject to damage than more 

 level ground. Whether the young trees are conifers, 

 and so more likely to suffer from trampling than from 



