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A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. 



beneath its trunk and branches many younger trees, 



which will spring up 

 straight again if they 

 are quickly released, 

 but which otherwise 

 will be killed or 

 permanently h u r t . 

 Therefore it is vrry 

 important to work 

 up both the trunk 

 and the top of each 



tree as* soon as it is cut down, and so prevent it from 



FIG. 28. Sawing up a Big Tree. California. 



FIG. 29. Spruce rollway. Adirondack Mountains, New York. 



destroying the young trees which should take its place. 

 Except when they are to be burned, even the branches 



