Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1895 — Effect of Tree Destruction. [ARTICLE]

Effect of Tree Destruction.

The influence of forests in protecting the water supply is well illustrated'in the case of Greece. In ancient days she possessed 7,500,000 acres of forest. Today she has hardly 2,000,000 acres, and the scarcity of water and other injurious climatic effects are traceable to the destruction of the trees. What la the disadvantage of being an orphan?