. A primer of forestry : part I, the forest. Forests and forestry. 36 to suffer from trampling than from being eaten, or broadleaf trees, and so more likely to be devoured, they should be protected from pasturing animals until they are large enough to be out of danger. GRAZING AND FIRE. Grazing in the forest does hami in three ways. First, it is a fertile cause of forest fires. Burning the soil cover of grass and other plants improves the grazing, either permanently, by destroying the forest and so extending the area of pasturage, or temporaril}^, by. Fig. 2o.—Band oi sheep in a forest reserve
. A primer of forestry : part I, the forest. Forests and forestry. 36 to suffer from trampling than from being eaten, or broadleaf trees, and so more likely to be devoured, they should be protected from pasturing animals until they are large enough to be out of danger. GRAZING AND FIRE. Grazing in the forest does hami in three ways. First, it is a fertile cause of forest fires. Burning the soil cover of grass and other plants improves the grazing, either permanently, by destroying the forest and so extending the area of pasturage, or temporaril}^, by. Fig. 2o.—Band oi sheep in a forest reserve,. Ca^^.•ade MumiLaius, Wucu Cuuuty, Urcg. Aluiudc, *5,800 feet. 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 nearl}^ every part of the United Stiites where trees grow. The great majority of these tires do not kill the old trees, but the hanu the}^ do the forest and, eventually, the forage plants themselves, is very serious indeed. The sheepmen of the West are commonly accused of setting many forest tires to improve the grazing, and they are also vigorously defended from this charge. But the fact remains that large areas where sheep now graze w^ould be covered "svith forests except for the action of more or less recent fires. 173. 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 Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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