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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Crystal Cascade in Tuckerman's Ravine. 



note the dense forest growth on 



THIS IS ON THE SLOPE OF MT. WASHINGTON IN COOS COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE 



EACH SIDE OF THE FALLS. 



It must be recognized that no matter 

 what the purpose of cutting in the forest 

 there must result an accumulation of 

 brush. We cannot avoid brush in 

 cutting timber any more than we can 

 avoid dust in sweeping the floor. One 

 of the most important qtiestions in this 

 as well as in all sales on Government 

 lands in the White Mountains will be 

 how to handle this brush so as least to 

 damage the forest and offend the eye. 



The softwood brush will not make 

 much trouble. The stand is only about 

 one-half softwoods, the tops arc small 

 and the trees are either scattered or in 

 small groups. Furthermore, the soft- 

 wood trees are to be used down to 4 

 inches in diameter at the top so that 

 the amount of brush will not be great. 

 The regulations provide that the 

 soft-wood brush shall be piled and 

 burned. 



