. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. 70 A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. being eateu, or broadleaf trees, and so more likely to be devoured, they should be protected from pasturing auimals uutil they are large enough to be out of danger. GRAZING AND FIRE. Grazing in the forest does harm in three ways. First, it is a fertile cause of forest fires. (See figs. G4-(3G and PI. XXXV.) Burning the soil cover of grass and other. Fig. 65.—A forest of Lodgepole Pine in a region used for grazing. Bighorn Forest Reserve, "Wyoming. ]dants improves the grazing, either permanently, by destroying the


. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. 70 A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. being eateu, or broadleaf trees, and so more likely to be devoured, they should be protected from pasturing auimals uutil they are large enough to be out of danger. GRAZING AND FIRE. Grazing in the forest does harm in three ways. First, it is a fertile cause of forest fires. (See figs. G4-(3G and PI. XXXV.) Burning the soil cover of grass and other. Fig. 65.—A forest of Lodgepole Pine in a region used for grazing. Bighorn Forest Reserve, "Wyoming. ]dants improves the grazing, either permanently, by destroying the forest and so extending the area of pas- turage, or temporarily, by improving the quality of the feed. For one or the other of these objects, but chiefly for the latter, vast areas are annually burned over in nearly every part of the United States where trees grow. The great majority of these fires do not kill the old trees, but the harm they do the forest and, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division of Forestry. Washington : G. P. O.


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