. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. 76 A PBOIER (3F FORESTRY. storms are strong- enough to break the trees they can not overthrow. Damage from wind is not uncommon in many parts of the United States, and in places the Joss from if, is very (See iigs. 69j 70.) :N^ear the town of High Springs, for examph', in Alachua Count}', ria., in a region very subject to such acci- dents, there is a tract of many square miles, once covered with Long-leaf Pine, over which practi- cally all the trees were killed by a great storm sev- eral years ago. Some were thrown flat, some were so
. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. 76 A PBOIER (3F FORESTRY. storms are strong- enough to break the trees they can not overthrow. Damage from wind is not uncommon in many parts of the United States, and in places the Joss from if, is very (See iigs. 69j 70.) :N^ear the town of High Springs, for examph', in Alachua Count}', ria., in a region very subject to such acci- dents, there is a tract of many square miles, once covered with Long-leaf Pine, over which practi- cally all the trees were killed by a great storm sev- eral years ago. Some were thrown flat, some were so racked and so broken in the topthattheydied, and very many were snapped ofl' at Fig. young Spruce loaded with ^Om 15 tO 30 feet above the snow. Avalanche Lake, Adirondack grOUUd. There iS little Mountains, New Vork. • j. i • use m taking precautions against such great calamities, yet the loss from windfall may be very much reduced by judicious cutting. An unbroken forest is least exposed. SNOW IX THE FOREST. Snow often loads down, breaks, and crushes tall young trees, especially if wet snow falls heavily be- fore the broadleaf trees have shed their foliage in the fall. Such injury is ditticult to guard against, but it is well to know that very slim, tall trees suffer more than those whose growth in diameter and height have. 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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