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ov th’ soil is known as surface fires. 
But them fires as digs deeper, like in 
swamps an’ where there’s lots ov roots 
. . . huckleberry regions . . . like here 
. . . that’s underground fire, an’ bad 
. . . powerful bad! 
“Our state forest fire warden puts 
it right, when he says some nice things 
about forest floor-coverin’. This here 
litter an’ humus is a me-chanical 
hindrance t’ th’ run off of precipita¬ 
tion, allowin’ water t’ reach streams 
an’ creeks slow-like. Humus absorbs 
an’ holds rains an’ melted snow, givin’ 
it t’ th’ soil for undergroun’ supply 
which feeds springs. 
“Humus keeps th’ soil open, summer 
an’ winter an’ that’s what makes it 
take moisture quick an’ easy-like. Lit¬ 
ter an’ humus are a sort o’ mulch, ef 
yu know whut that means . . . pre¬ 
ventin’ quick e-vaporation ov soil 
moisture. It keeps th’ surface soil 
fertile ... an’ that makes fine tree 
growth, my son. It pro-tects th’ soil 
from e-rosoin.” 
Sonnyboy was not in the least 
frightened by the technical terms. 
Chip’s talk held him breathless. 
“An’ so, when fire changes humus t’ 
ashes . . . cold, grey ashes . . .” the 
old man went on, “these here natural 
benefits go thunderin’. Impurity ov 
waters in springs an’ wells is ONE 
thing not t’ fergit. Look here ... I 
may be makin’ life miserable for 
you’all, but . . . would you mind read- 
in’ this aloud. I’d like t’ hear it agin’, 
myself, an’ I aint got my spec-tacles 
along. Fire warden writ it and it was 
published in th’ Milferd paper.” He 
handed me a rather withered fragment 
of paper. I read: 
“From the standpoint of forest 
growth and continued forest produc¬ 
tion, humus is invaluable. In silvi¬ 
culture (the production of a forest 
crop) the efforts of the forester must 
always be directed toward a most care¬ 
ful preservation of the productive 
powews of any given locality, so as to 
render possible the production of the 
same effect, or even an increased one, 
regularly and indefinitely. 
“Experience has shown that in 
forestry the safest method of preserv¬ 
ing the productive powers of a locality 
consists in maintaining uninterruptedly 
a crop of forest vegetation on the area. 
The more frequently and the longer 
the ground is uncovered and exposed to 
the full effects of sun and air currents,: 
the more, in the majority of cases, is 
the productive power liable to be re¬ 
duced. 
“The active agencies of the locality 
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