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Conservation Reader 



Annrhan Forestry Association 



This beautiful \-allt;\' in the Southern Appalachian Mountains has been ruined by 

 the floods due to cutting oS of the forests upon the headwaters of the river. 



the greater part of the forests are found upon the lofty 

 mountains in which the streams rise. If we deforest these 

 steep slopes, water is going to injure them much more than 

 it would the gentler slopes of the lower lands, if they had 

 been deforested. Another reason is that since little rain 

 falls in the summer in this region, we must do nothing to 

 lessen the summer flow of the streams, which is so much 

 needed for irrigation. 



The more water that can be held back in the mountains 

 of the West for summer use, the more prosperous the farm- 

 ers are. There is nothing that helps to hold the water 



