. Conservation. Forests and forestry. Forests Cannot Wholly Control Waterflow: Reservoirs Afford Valuable Supplements. A Reservoir at Hartford, Conn. (Page 666) The German forests are producing four times as much annual growth per acre as ours and, while the Germans are stocking their forests with the most val- uable trees, and improving the product, we are stripping our forests of what- ever is worth the cutting and leaving the least valuable for future growth and forest renewal. A few years more of such practise and, if one would get a good carriage, farm implement, or utensil of any kind ma
. Conservation. Forests and forestry. Forests Cannot Wholly Control Waterflow: Reservoirs Afford Valuable Supplements. A Reservoir at Hartford, Conn. (Page 666) The German forests are producing four times as much annual growth per acre as ours and, while the Germans are stocking their forests with the most val- uable trees, and improving the product, we are stripping our forests of what- ever is worth the cutting and leaving the least valuable for future growth and forest renewal. A few years more of such practise and, if one would get a good carriage, farm implement, or utensil of any kind made wholly or partly of wood, it may 668 become necessary to see that it is "made in ; In Los Angeles, lately, I went through the yards and found considerable quan- tities of lumber imported from Japan and the Philippines, and was told by the dealers that, while nominally it cost the same as American lumber, they got a better quality for the same grade. It was jjrobably for the same reason that shiploads of railroad ties were coming into San Pedro, the port for Los Angeles, from across the 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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