. Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic . TFIE EDGE OF THE FOREST. Destruction of the Forests.—The forest was in- tended for use, but it was meant to serve man for ages, and not to be destroyed in the lifetime of a man. The great causes which have wrecked the forests and wiped them from the earth to so great an extent are (i) unwise and unregulated cutting by lumbermen, and (2) the prevalence of forest fires. These fires, springing up in seasons of drouth, are fed and made

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