Bui. 49, Bureau of Forestry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE IV. 



FIG. 1. CEDAR BRAKE NEAR AUSTIN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER FIRST CUTTING. 

 A heavy crop of fuel and charcoal. Shows capacity for reforestation. 





FIG. 2. CHARACTERISTIC ENCROACHMENT OF MESQUITE ON PASTURE LAND IN CENTRAL 



TEXAS. 

 With the exception of a few scattered live oaks this was a clean prairie a few years ago. 



