Bul. 1294, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
F-50818 
Fic. 1.—REPRODUCTION ESTABLISHED THROUGH PROTECTION 
This is the response to the exclusion of fire from the brush fields. The young growth has 
been able to establish itself and will eventually, if fire is kept out, reclaim the brush to the 
forest type 
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FIG. 2.—THE RESULT OF FIRE PROTECTION ON CUT-OVER LAND 
Ten years after cutting, as a result of fire protection, the nucleus of a new forest is appearing. 
With protection continued, the brush will give way to a second growth of young pines 
