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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



March, 



WRECK OF BRIDGE ON THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY OVER 



THE CATAWBA RIVER ; PART STANDING WAS 



SAVED BY RUNNING LOADED 



CARS UPON IT. 



lo per cent, of its volume of 

 water, while the loss in the 

 other stream was 38 per cent. 



The three agencies at work 

 in the destruction of the for- 

 ests are the w^oodman's axe, 

 the tanbark stripper, and the 

 forest fire. The chips and de- 

 bris and the dead trees left by 

 the two first named feed the 

 latter and facilitate its work of 

 destruction. The destruction 

 of the forests in North Carolina 

 is really a work of recent }'ears, 

 and has been carried on to an 

 alarming extent within the past 

 twelve months. It has become 

 a very serious matter, and the 

 need for some measures to put 

 a stop to it is urgent. The 

 only remedy is government pro- 

 tection, and the people of the 

 state look to it for the salvation 

 of their forests. It is certain 

 that if the denudation of the 

 forests of the Appalachian 

 Range is not stopped, there 

 wdll be a recurrence of these 

 floods in a more aggravated 

 form . 



The establishment by the 

 national government of forest 

 reservations appears to be the 



THE DAY AFTER THE FLOOD. VIEW OF FLOODED FARM LANDS. 



