Bui. 638, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate VIII. 



Fiq. 1.— Poor Farm Land May be Good Forest Land. 



This area in Roscommon County, Mich., formerly covered with a good stand of pine, was clear 

 cut and an attempt made to farm it. It was soon abandoned, however, and reverted to the State 

 for taxes. It is in the heart of one of the State Forest Reserves and is now being used for 

 forest production, for which it is preeminently suited. 



Fiq. 2.— A Cut-Over Area, Stripped of Its Timber, Being Reforested by the 

 Pennsylvania Department of Forestry. 



Two fire lines are shown in the picture, one on each side of the plantation. 



