

wet sit '.I'li; ions mule}), can readily V;et too ci->.-p, especially in northern 



clijTi" 



5} The effect of the forest is in proportion to the den- 

 sity of the forest, and the kind of timber. It is more conspicuous in 

 o more extreme climate. This may be illustrated by conditions in expo- 

 sures on the sides of hills. 



^- . Entrance of r-Ur Vj ' ., rmtfeT contents, and w??ter move- 



ment . 



<-ds is nv .y uneven, humps an< 



epreeeion I oHs3. i ; tnnd to hold water in r--j;is 



ItUAtion ' ' . . . .. igr ; .:y. Mountai 

 ;il<! e 



- in V7oodrj ie normally abunur,nt. This debris tak 

 up water (liv- t drie:.; clown to about 20;- or 



ris pr<r Ike entrance cf v;rvtcr to the soil *nd 



. It? ili- . . e sir in the weeds moist and 



cool, aoil. lebris retards the flcv/ of ;vater on the sur 



; thifl i^ very :r; P ort*nt in regard to r-irifall. A vreeded ditch may 



. Co* pare the pr.ved street 7-ith a grass law; 



3) riie roulch, as a normal part of the forest, acts just 

 ic"brir. irface is irre t .. '. , irulch aaterlala : VI sort- easily an< 



of ;.- -! , 1 ,reat difference between sod 



... A fll of l n in 2 hours is exceptional; more thaj 

 flood. ... . ,rtic/i liuld by th3 foliage, sod, 



r ; . 



is influential in holui ier. Jn the 7/estern coun- 



try of Vunv.: lie cunui tion of no sod and little rainf^l effect 



. 



Lucre -i:.o the actual O rncient ul' vater flow; water reachei 



".lies; jflost of the water falls on the steeper 



si-- lly. C;. . t}io diff<. ., -ffec-tf of cloudburats on prai- 



ri*; r part? of tha country. 



Ich atsor'n? nn<3 hold reach Tatar, obstruct 3 inechanioally the 



-:, prcv^>:tc 1C fror.; refojiin^ the i'round, and 



: '"^- - Rl cifec: uf mulch varies in wide 



is scant mulch in spruce forests comport vi th harowoocs. 

 Both, d.c.- : -.-ig. q.n_d Tziulcih jyv; g^rmnnunj: c_uridi-uioris_ in. .th^e. forest, and are 



e, ,-ty and a ' ,-]i t . They ar,: difft-i.onc from Uie farner' 

 Inno; till:.n; its here merely a temporary condition. 



4 i ^EO^.g &. .fc-^i^e^t tr.ocs U.JL1 U.fc so 11 .The ffiellowness 

 ore -,t sail is due to fore^v trcs roots, ilulcli keeps 

 -oou afford chnni^lB fo. .r to criuer and run in, 



J) Organic matter ir> converted to hmjus and therefore aj 

 v .'iclin- of u. .: . feer-flow, wad th 



teen up "by the w t,cr arc- re-distriouted, prtventing 



6} "reefc take : the soil for thwir own use. Ag- 



. - that for pound of dry organic substance 



r< ..,;. red 3 C '^ -' - : from ths ^oil. jfcrt-jt trees ^et along 



