CONCLUSION. 



Whereas there is no intermediate type of 

 stunted trees between the forest and the sagebrush 

 and there are actual examples of trees migrating 

 out from the forest, it is quite certain that the 

 present limits of the forest can "be extended and 

 will , in the most favorable places, do so naturally* 

 The most important point at the present tJiae, how- 

 ever, is whether the final product of normal stands 

 will be large enough to make artificial planting or 

 even protection practicable. It lias already been 

 proven that a forest takes more moisture from the 

 soil than is evaporated from the same groiznd when 

 absolutely bare, and since the volume of the stand 

 \7ould depend on the available moisture in the ground, 

 and the soil at lower elevations receives less rain- 

 fall than those at higher elevations, the stand ne- 

 cessarily would be sparse and the rite of growth 

 in ratio to the density. In other words, a dense 

 stand would mean sliow growth of individual trees 

 while a sparse stand would mean a more rapid growth 

 of the individual trees. A very rough estimate of 

 the normal stand for the Connelly Hills and open 

 country south of the Silver Lake Post Office, which 

 areas are now covered with Juniper and sagebrush, 



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