Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Erosion of denuded gently sloping uplands formerly cultivated near Quiche, Guatemala, withreforestation in the gullies. Smithsonian Report, 1919.—Cook. Plate 1. Luxuriant guinea-grass pastures, of spontaneous growth, after burning of forest for milpaagriculture, Gonave Island, Haiti, September, 1917. *&& hPSS A ? WsL:& *: ** BftW^r35*d* n ? A- ? -. If ^IIhIIksI 1 Hi iw 2. Dry, stony land with too little vegetation to clear by burning, but the grass and weeds dug outwith cutlasses for a scattering growth of maize, as in
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Erosion of denuded gently sloping uplands formerly cultivated near Quiche, Guatemala, withreforestation in the gullies. Smithsonian Report, 1919.—Cook. Plate 1. Luxuriant guinea-grass pastures, of spontaneous growth, after burning of forest for milpaagriculture, Gonave Island, Haiti, September, 1917. *&& hPSS A ? WsL:& *: ** BftW^r35*d* n ? A- ? -. If ^IIhIIksI 1 Hi iw 2. Dry, stony land with too little vegetation to clear by burning, but the grass and weeds dug outwith cutlasses for a scattering growth of maize, as in the background. District of Furcy,Island of Haiti. Smithsonian Report, 1919.—Cook. Plate 14. ET W*|| HEA ? ^KWffjKI |H{yu% js?s l[J^i R; ,f a( E H^il^Pf^silS F^jyS/^ p^l T*^a» liBf^^i^i&Sl rStt -Kg •trf-lna |^a|31 ?KiE*?*W 1 -- • ^*1PB ^K|^|»<i yajKlB avMSSCS K* 18J\j ^^^^J^ll ^|,*^1 f 9V¥i T^iSra iMrfli w&.-M b*^©^-J E«f§fcjsj- Kgh^s. 5 EEueA »\ a 1 § jS&fiut* ^jjlf^^^HB 1. Plantation of cacao in Senahu district, Guatemala, an example of permanent crop productionunder artificial forest conditions.
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