RAISING OK KEEPING UP THE FOREST 



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" slash." Most of the forest is gone ; a few young trees, 

 some worthless cripples, and a small number of isolated 

 stunted hardwoods still maintain the semblance of woods ; 

 while the ground is densely strewn with the tops of the 



FIG. 19 b. Coppice Woods 

 (After Graves) 



fallen pine. In one or two seasons these tops are dry; 

 they take fire from some cause or other, the slash burns 

 over, and instead of the former forest there is now a 

 waste, which may remain in this unproductive condition 



