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against such cattle. The advantages are best seen in the middle 

 life of the stand when the cover is dense enough to lead to 

 the formation of raw humus, and are in the direction of an aera- 

 tion of the soil hy turning the humus under and opening up 

 the deeper layers to the action of atmospheric agents. These 

 arguments, however, seem to apply to peculiar conditions and 

 limited areas rather than to be of general application. 



Ueber ungiinstige Einfliisse von Wind und Freilage auf 

 unsere Bodenkultur. By Forstdirektor Emeis. Pp. 401-4. 



From experience in Schleswig-Holstein the author tells of the 

 influence of winds on the light sandy soil of that state. As in 

 many places in our own country the soil, when once exposed to 

 the wind action by the destruction of the cover of forest as in 

 Wisconsin or of sod as in parts of New England, is blown by the 

 wind and dunes are formed which can only be subdued b)- re- 

 storing the surface protection. 



