Forest protection in Canada, 1912-1914, by Clyde Leavitt . REMNANTS OF TWO LARGE SPRUCE TOPS TEN YEARS AFTER BEINGPROPERLY LOPPEDvast majority of tops on this operation have entirely disappeared. Nehasame Park,Adirondacks. iCourtesy of Public Service. an through this top, extending to the tip of the upper branches, consuming thefiner material and carrying fire to the adjoining live balsam. TOP-LOPPING IN THE ADIRONDACKS 67 brush is thrown aside to make room for the construction of skid-roads without any thought as to the underlying theory of the top-lopping law, or any intelligent desire
Forest protection in Canada, 1912-1914, by Clyde Leavitt . REMNANTS OF TWO LARGE SPRUCE TOPS TEN YEARS AFTER BEINGPROPERLY LOPPEDvast majority of tops on this operation have entirely disappeared. Nehasame Park,Adirondacks. iCourtesy of Public Service. an through this top, extending to the tip of the upper branches, consuming thefiner material and carrying fire to the adjoining live balsam. TOP-LOPPING IN THE ADIRONDACKS 67 brush is thrown aside to make room for the construction of skid-roads without any thought as to the underlying theory of the top-lopping law, or any intelligent desire to secure the fullest possiblebenefit from the expense which the enforced observance of the lawentails. The partial failure of top-lopping to accomplish its object on ac-count of this neglect is particularly noticeable in the case of singlebranches of small piles. When these are supported off the ground byfalling across stones, stumps or logs, the effect is practically the sameas though they were supported in the air by the stem to which theywere originally attached, and decay is relatively slow. On the other hand, large piles of brush, even though supportedabove the ground by resting on stones, stumps, or logs, or in any otherway, gradually settle
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