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but little in their volume during the entire year, now be- 

 come subject to great extremes of high and low water. 

 This renders them less useful for manufacturing, com- 

 merce and water supply to say nothing of the frightful 

 damage done each year by floods. 



The destruction of the forests tends also to extermi- 

 nate the wild animals and deprives man of a chance 

 to get away from his 

 artificial surroundings 

 and obtain a knowledge 

 and an enjoyment of 

 life and nature which 

 has been unaffected by 

 his own dominant in- 

 fluence. 



In many European 

 countries the forests 

 have become a national 

 care and not only is the 

 cutting of trees, except 

 under certain restric- 

 tions, prohibited, but 

 the greatest care is 

 maintained to guard 

 against fires. In our 

 own country the gov- 

 ernment has recently established a number of forest 

 preserves which are carefully patrolled, and here the de- 

 struction from forest fires is rigidly guarded against. 

 Great care of all forests should be taken by hunters, 

 campers and all others who visit them, and also by the 

 railways passing through them. Loggers and lumber- 

 men should see that it is to their interest to maintain 

 growing forests and not wantonly to destroy them. 



GOOD FORESTRY. 



Notice how carefully the underbrush has 

 been removed to guard against lire. 



