344 MAN'S USE AND CONSERVATION OF SOILS 



ground, the more valuable forests might have been re- 

 tained. 



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 surround- 

 ings 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 na- 

 tional care and not 

 only is the cutting of 

 trees, except under 

 certain restrictions, 

 prohibited, but the 

 greatest care is main- 

 tained 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 destruction 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 lumbermen should see that it is to their 



GOOD FORESTRY 



Notice how carefully the underbrush has 

 been removed to guard against fire. 



