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earth. Their presence makes our land more attractive 

 and healthful. 



Forests necessary for civilization. Our civilization 

 is built on wood. From the cradle to the coffin, in 

 some shape or other, wood surrounds us as a necessity 

 or luxury. Wood enters into the construction of nearly 

 all our houses. It serves to ornament them, to furnish 



FIG. 74. WOOD LOT AND RANGER'S CABIN 



them, and to heat them. The forests furnish the plow 

 handles and the harrow frames to cultivate our crops, 

 the thrashing machines and mills to prepare them, the 

 cart to bring them to market, the bottoms in which 

 (lu-y cross the ocean, and the tar and pitch to keep 



