for the better forests Campaign. A vital feature of any program for

ECONOMIC PREPAREDNESS

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AT HOME-IN THE CITY-IN THE WOODS-WITHOUT FAIL

$118,000,000 IN WAGES

are paid annually to persons employed in the wood-using industries of New York State.

FOREST FIRES cause a loss not only to the owner of the timber destroyed, but also to every member of the community.

YOU SHARE THIS LOSS

The State is doing its best to prevent forest fires: The Railroads are taking steps to prevent the escape of sparks and coals from locomotives, but it takes the help of every person who goes into the forest for business or pleasure to make these measures effective.

Exercise the same care with fire in the forest that you would take without question in your own home or in the city.

Published Quarterly at Syracuse by the New York State Forestry Association

Entered as second-class matter February 29, 1916, at the post office at
Syracuse, New York, under the act of March 3, 1879

TH

HE purpose of this number is to bring about in the minds of readers an appreciation of the real relation between forests and waters; a realization that there is a delicate balance between forests and run-off; that forests do not of themselves prevent floods, but that the presence

of

a forest cover tends to
regulate stream flow.

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