Pennsylvania Trees (Classic Reprint)

J. S. Illick

ISBN 10: 1527953505 / ISBN 13: 9781527953505

Edité par Forgotten Books Jan 2019, 2019

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• Titre: Pennsylvania Trees (Classic Reprint)
• Éditeur: Forgotten Books Jan 2019
• Date de parution: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1527953505
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781527953505
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 229 L x 152 H x 21 P (en millimètres) 229 millimètres de largeur par 152 millimètres de hauteur par 21 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 1014 grammes

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Excerpt from Pennsylvania Trees

While the trees in the forests of Pennsylvania remain the same as those that made up the original forests, yet one finds a marked dif ference in their abundance, age, size, form, quality, value and thrifti ness.

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Trees are among the commonest and most conspicuous objects of nature. The numerous products derived from them are very useful, often indispensable. In all ages trees and grasses have been the most important products of the soil. A dense and valuable tree growth covered originally almost the entire area of Pennsylvania. A bout 278 species of trees and shrubs are native to thisS tate, of which number 125 are trees. The number of native representatives in the present forests is the same as in the original forest. While the number of representatives remains the same, yet one finds a marked difference in the degree of their abundance, and in their age, size, form, density, quality, value, and productivity. The original forest of theS tate was large, dense, and extremely productive. The present forests are small, open, and very unproductive. Each generation of mankind has seen a smaller, more open, and less productive generation of forests. It is not a prophecy, but the statement of a fact, when we say that the source of our timber supply is becoming an acute and vital question. Fast-vanishing forests and everrising lumber prices are couriers of this fact. The Federal and someS tate Governments have already inaugurated policies to offset the present destructive tendency in our forests by starting constructive work. To date no state has made a greater advance in forestry than Pennsylvania. She has, however, just started on this useful mission. The men who are directing her forest policies are endeavoring to lay a substantial foundation upon which a stable superstructure may be reared. In order to accomplish this it is necessary to have the co-operation of the citizens of theS tate, especially the woodland owners and managers. Forestry needs the support of public sentiment. No substantial and permanent advance is insured until our citizens understand the fundamental
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