. American forestry. Forests and forestry. •2 ?^'.w* - *^ • r^Q0^. Planting Pine Trees on Steep Slope whole has been done. The French people are now suffering from a mis- take for which they were not to blame. They could not foresee, when they in- augurated the idea of giving the indi- vidual an absolutely free hand, that the individual would destroy the forests, nor did they know at that time that even if the forests were destroyed such disastrous consequences would follow. Ill The work being done in those lofty, rugged mounains to prevent the ordinary small and harmless streams from becoming
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. •2 ?^'.w* - *^ • r^Q0^. Planting Pine Trees on Steep Slope whole has been done. The French people are now suffering from a mis- take for which they were not to blame. They could not foresee, when they in- augurated the idea of giving the indi- vidual an absolutely free hand, that the individual would destroy the forests, nor did they know at that time that even if the forests were destroyed such disastrous consequences would follow. Ill The work being done in those lofty, rugged mounains to prevent the ordinary small and harmless streams from becoming raging torrents, which cut away the mountain sides and carry the debris down on to the fields be'ow each time a heavy rain occurs or the snow melts, is intensely interesting. The work is really of two distinct kinds, the first consisting of engineering feats in checking the force of the tor- rents and preventing them from wash- ing awa^' the slopes and carrying down large quantities of debris, and the second consisting of gradual reforesta- tion of the slopes in order to eventuall} make the engineering work unnecessary. The first work is absolutely essential because, until the streams have been held in check and the slopes prevented from continually slipping, reforestation is impossible. When the slopes have been given a certain degree of perma- nence, reforestation is begun by first planting strips of grass and willow in horizontal lines around the slope. When the success of these strips gives rea-. 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 American Forestry Association. Washington, D. C. : American Forestry Association
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