16. 
The fire-wood is ordinarily cut in a hap<hazard manner 
with little thought given to the protection of the young 
trees. In a majority of cases, no attempt is made to 
select out the dead, crooked, and weed trees for fire- 
wood in order that the thrifty, young trees of the more 
valuable species may have a better chance to grow. 
Indiscriminate cuttings or slashings are the rule. Large 
trees are felled with no thought of the destruction they 
may cause by breaking down the smaller trees ; the brush 
is left to entangle the young seedling trees ; roads aro 
cut at will, and slashings made without any idea of a 
systematic plan. To cap the climax, and it would seem 
in order to hasten the destruction, many of the woodlots 
are fenced off and cattle allowed to browse at will. 
Woodland Pasture. 
Perhaps a third of all the woodlots in the county 
are being pastured. The majority of the farmers admit 
that the woodland pasture is of little value as pasture, 
and their only axcuse for continuing the practice is 
borne in the fact that they do not consider the woodlot 
to be valuable enough to protect it from the damage 
caused by cattle and sheep browsing upon the young trees 
and punching up the soil of the forest floor. The stock 
enjoy the shade during the heat of summer and besides, 
