Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . commission showing their authority, and were equipped with tire-fighting tools. ]\Iost of them were mounted on horses, though abouttwelve used wheels, and a few went on foot where the country was toorough to use either a horse or a wheel. Each man was required to notifythe deputy firewarden of the and the manager of the associa-tion in case he had a bad fire. The total expenses of the association Avere about $4,000. They hada total of 1,102 fires, which burned over
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . commission showing their authority, and were equipped with tire-fighting tools. ]\Iost of them were mounted on horses, though abouttwelve used wheels, and a few went on foot where the country was toorough to use either a horse or a wheel. Each man was required to notifythe deputy firewarden of the and the manager of the associa-tion in case he had a bad fire. The total expenses of the association Avere about $4,000. They hada total of 1,102 fires, which burned over acres, of which Avere713 acres of timber, about one half of which was damaged. From Avhat I have learned of the sentiment of the timber owners inCalifornia, I believe it Avill be possible to effect an organization heresimilar to that in Washington. I shall make an attempt in this direc-tion just as soon as time permits. If an association can be formed inCalifornia and a cooperative plan, such as I have outlined above canbe put in force, the fire problem should become much less serious thanat the present 14 REPORT OF THE STATE FORESTER. TECHNICAL FORESTRY. Two years ago I was not able to show that much had been accom-plished in the line of technical forestry, but in December, 1907. as aresult of the cooperative work in forestry between the Forest Serviceof the Department of Agriculture and the State of California, the StateBoard of Forestry issued Circular No. 2. A Handbook for EucalyptusPlanters. This circular called attention to the yield from eucalyptusgrown in California. It emphasized the fact that eucalyptus growsfully five times as fast as any other hardwood tree, and gave fullinstructions as to the methods of propagating these trees. As a result twenty-three companies have been incorporated in theState since that time, for the purpose of dealing in eucalyptus landsand the products from eucalyptus plantations. In addition, fifteencompanies engaged in the sale of
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