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PLATE 1. Red cedar can stand any hardship except fire. 



something over a half mile apart. The limestone bluffs rise 

 almost perpendicularly to heights of from fifty to one hundred 

 feet, furnishing in combination with the river a very efficient 

 protection from fire. In this protected spot, high above the 

 stream, the red cedar has for ages declared its ability to with- 

 stand any hardship except fire. 



In Hodgeman county, Buckner creek furnishes another ex- 

 ample. The creek has cut through the deep soil, leaving occa- 

 sional high banks, and in the creek bed good growths of hack- 

 berry, elm, willow and cottonwood are common. 



PLATE 2. Timber on Buckner creek, Hodgeman county. 



