I'LATE III. FIG. 1.— FIRE SPREADING THROUGH A HARDWOOD FOREST. 



The ground fire, starting in leaves and brush, soon extends to tlie forest growth. While the fire may 

 not assume tlie proportions of a "crown" one, impoverished soil, destroyed reproduction, 

 and damage to the large trees all result directly from burning of this character. 



PLATE III. FIG. 2. — EXAMPLES OP FOREST PROTECTION AND FOREST DESTRUCTION. 



The original forest was destroyed by repeated fires, as evidenced by dead, white stubs. Since 1906, urn 

 State Forest Protection, fires have been prevented, and the waste mountain-side 

 is returning to forest' 



