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strenuous efforts. Gardeners were sent for, and 

 trees from all parts of the world were planted, with- 

 out regard to their character. The * ' Pinas Pinaster " 

 was sown very extensively, and several plantations of 

 this still exist. The consequences of this were dis- 

 covered a few years ago as follows: "For many 

 years past, since the general growth of our trees, we 

 have been preserved from the scourge, and droughts 

 such as were formerly recorded are now altogether 

 unknown. Our fall of rain is now equal to that of 

 England, and is spread almost evenly over the year." 



OHIO 



BY EMIL ROTHE 



HAVE you never tried to find out why Southern 

 Ohio has ceased to be the great fruit country it 

 was formerly known to be? Why is it that we 

 cannot raise any more peaches in our State, while 

 they used to bring sure crops not more than a quarter 

 of a century ago? . . . What is it that makes 

 our climate, once so favorable for mankind and 

 vegetation, more unsteady, from year to year? 

 Look at the woodless hills of Southern Ohio, and 

 you have the answer. 



Let the hills be deprived of the rest of the protec- 

 tion which the forests afford, and half of the area 

 of this state will be sterile in less than fifty years. 

 The rain will wash the soil from the hilltops first, 



