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Some Forest Fables 



No. I 

 By Dr. C. D. Howe 



Once upon a time a farmer owned 

 a very large field. It extended over 

 many, many acres. The field was cover- 

 ed with a valuable crop. The soil was 

 of such nature that it would produce only 

 this one particular crop. It was too poor 

 to raise hay, oats, potatoes, wheat or any 

 of the ordinarily cultivated crops. Each 

 season the farmer harvested a portion of 

 his crop and sold it in town. 



One dry day in summer he discovered 

 a fire in his field. Instead of calling his 

 neighbors to help him fight the fire, the 

 farmer said to himself : "The field is very 

 3arge. I will let the fire burn. There 

 will be a-plenty left." So the fire burned 

 until it was quenched by rain. The next 

 •season, however, the farmer had to go 

 farther from town to harvest his crop. 

 Being farther away it cost him more to 

 get his crop to the market, so he increas- 

 ed the price of his product, or in other 

 words, the consumer paid for the farm- 

 er's neglect in protecting his crop. 



The following summer another fire de- 

 ' stroyed more of the farmer's field. He 

 soliloquised as before : "The field is 

 very large. It extends over many, many 

 acres. There will be a-plenty left. Let 

 the fire burn," and the fire did burn v.ntil 

 the coming of rain. He went still far- 

 ther from town for his next harvest. 

 It cost him still more to get his product 

 to market, and he raised his price to the 

 consumer. 



These things were repeated year after 

 year. The farmer said so often: "I have 

 such a large field. There is a-plenty 

 more," that he actually believed it, and 

 he made his neighbors believe it, but 

 each year he went farther from town to 

 cut his crop and each year the consumer 

 paid the additional cost on transportation. 

 Each year the fires burning and reburn- 

 ing reduced the future crop producing 

 capacity of his field. 



This is a real fable. No farmer would 

 stand idly by and see his crop periodically 



