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It is very evident that the amount of timber removed from our for ests every year is enormous, and with the extension of the arts and industries it is easy to foresee that the future will Show a very marked increase over the present consumption. Although it is not probable that we are to face a timber famine in the near future, it can hardly be denied that the removal of such quantities of timber as are now coming from the forests every year can not fail to make a deep impression on the forest resources of any country, no matter how large the reserve may be.
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