. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 946 Rural School Leaflet burning many acres; and not only destroying the timber, but burning all the leaf mold on the ground so that many years must elapse before trees can grow well. Railroad locomotives send out a great many sparks, which in dry weather frequently start small fires that soon develop into large ones. In this way much timber has bee
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 946 Rural School Leaflet burning many acres; and not only destroying the timber, but burning all the leaf mold on the ground so that many years must elapse before trees can grow well. Railroad locomotives send out a great many sparks, which in dry weather frequently start small fires that soon develop into large ones. In this way much timber has been burned every year. Mr. Graves, the Forester for the United States Government, makes the state- ment that since 1870 fifty million acres have been burned over by forest fires, resulting in a loss of fifty million dollars each year. Another cause of damage is insects. Beetles bore into the trees and kill them, or caterpillars eat the leaves off the trees and cause them gradu- ally to die; so that between the fires, the insects, and the lumbermen, the woodlands and forests of our country have disappeared very rapidly. It is necessary for us to begin immediately to take care of our forests, and this can be done in two ways: first, by protecting them against fire and using them wisely without waste or destruction; and second, by planting new trees or sowing seed in places where trees will grow but where there are no old trees to furnish seed for new growth. Even in small communi- ties much can be done toward helping to save our forests if each one will do his part. Boys and girls should be taught the danger of leaving a fire unguarded; it should always be extinguished before they leave the woods. They should also be taught to protect the young trees that are coming up, so that these will not be trampled on or uprooted. A most valuable nature-study lesson would be to teach the pupils to gather some seed and sow it in treeless places. They will then be doing something that in years
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