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Germany ajicl Switzerland also maintain a wise control over their 

 forests. Similar protection of the forests of this coivntry should be 

 enacted. One very noticeable thing in this state and country is the 

 extreme waste of the forest resources. This is seen from the time the tree 

 is cut in the woods until what remains of it is issued in the Hnished 

 product. 



This is not the case iii some foreign countries, and should serve as a 

 useful lesson to tlie state. Great serAice has 'leen rendered to the state 

 already by those who have worked to have the present Indiana forestry 

 laws enacted and by those who by instruction or advice have endeavored 

 to further the cause of forestry in Indiana. 



Notwithstanding the presence of other factors which may help to 

 produce or prevent floods, the fact remains as has been sufficiently out- 

 lined in this paper by various examples, that deforestation is by far the 

 greatest cause of floods. The examples have shown that where forests ari.' 

 present floods are practically absent, and ;is tlic t'orcsls .ire riMiioved the 

 floods become more numerous and destructiNc. 



Probably the most thorough study thus far of any single strcun in 

 this respect is tliat made by M. O. Leighton^' lor thi' Tennessee River. 

 The same state of affairs exists in Indinna, and e\ cry eftort should l)e pui 

 forth to remedy the danger. The one great element of success will lie in, 

 the proper education of the public to the disastrous results of reckless 

 deforestation and the benefits of forest preservation. As lOUiott well says : 

 "Probably our forests are in no worse condition today than those of Ger- 

 many and France two bnndred years .iLTd. when tlmse nations l)i'gan refor- 

 estation. Success crowned their efforts and sliould nnrs if we put forth 

 the same endeavors."-" 



" LeiThton, M. (.). Floods in the Inited States. Cited from Hull :iiui Maxwell, 

 -«Elliiott, Simon H., 1 c. p. 1.",. 



