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A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. 



storms are strong enougli to break tlie trees they can 

 not overtlirow. Damage from wind is not uncommon 

 in many i>arts of the United States, and in i:>laces the 



loss from it is very serious. 

 (See figs. 69, 70.) Xear 

 the town of High Springs, 

 for exami)le, in Alachua 

 County, ria., in a region 

 very subject to such acci- 

 dents, there is a tract of 

 many square miles, once 

 covered with Longleaf 

 Pine, over which practi- 

 cally all the trees were 

 killed by a great storm sev- 

 eral years ago. Some were 

 thrown flat, some were so 

 racked and so broken in the 

 top that they died, and very 

 many were snapped oft' at 

 „ „ , ^ 1 „i^,i ^4.,' from 15 to 30 feet above the 



FiQ. 71. — A young Spruce loaded with 

 snow. Avalanche Lake, Adirondack grOUUd. There iS little 

 Mountains, New Vork. ^^^^ -^ taking prCCautioilS 



against sucli great calamities, yet the loss from windfall 

 may be very much reduced by judicious cutting. An 

 unbroken forest is least exposed. 



SNOW IX THE FOREST. 



Snow often loads down, breaks, and crushes tall 

 young trees, especially if wet snow falls heavily be- 

 fore the broadleaf trees have shed their foliage in the 

 fall. Such injury is difficult to guard against, but it 

 is well to know that very slim, tall trees suffer more 

 than those whose growth in diameter and height have 



