Asheville, N.C., Nov. 21 (AP)—Whether or not many trees in the Southern Appalachians were killed by the long-continued drought of the past summer cannot be definitely determine until next spring, according to Director E.H. Frothingham of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station.
But, says the forester, it is an ill wind indeed that blows the research forester no good, for, difficult as the drought has made it for dwellers in the Southern Appalachians, it has given occasion for a valuable study of the effects of drought on the forest of the region.
Asheville itself at the end of August was 15 inches short of its annual average of 39 inches of rainfall. In the forests, trees on the drier slopes became entirely brown, but how many were killed cannot be determined until next spring. Typical trees on various slopes have been numbered and tagged for future observation, the condition of their crowns, twigs, and bud formation has been noted, and records have been made of the soil moisture at the depth of their main roots.
When the figures now being gathered ae checked against subsequent conduct of the individual trees, the forests will have a new array of established facts on the effect of climate on the forest, says the director of the forest experiment station.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 21, 1925
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