WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



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and whose admiration of their beauty will not suffer them to 

 be destroyed completely. Forest land owners are making a 

 greater effort than ever before to protect their property from 

 fire; and the Legislature has enacted a law to help them in the 

 endeavor. Lumbermen, in some cases, are making extensive plan- 

 tations in their cut-over forests; and others are ready to fol- 

 low their example when they see that the danger from fire is 

 lessened and are encouraged by more favorable laws of taxa- 

 tion. Farmers in many sections are making inquiries concern- 

 ing the management of their woodlots, and are everywhere de- 

 ploring useless waste of timber and are calling for better care 

 of our forests. 



