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Show DO FORESTS EQUALIZE THE FLOW OF WATER t aBBBBaanBBaBBaassB s. To dstsrmln Just what effect tha denuding de-nuding of ft watershed of Ita foreat haa on the amount of water which cornea from it. an experiment will be started In the near future by the weather bureau nd the forestry department. The watersheds will be selected In the Rocky mountalna The amount of rainfalls will be carefully noted for eight or ten years, and then one of the sheds will be denuded of timber and tha errect carefully noted In connection con-nection with the other shed for a number num-ber of years. It la expected that It will take from sixteen to twenty years to complete the teat. |