. Fire prevention day. A lesson ... April 18, 1914. st valuable tools in the brush, but quite frequently axes, hoes andrakes can also be used to advantage. Always call a firewarden or some grown men to help you when a firegets away. Dont wait and wonder whether or not you can put the fireout alone unless you are sure that you can. Do as the fire will do if itgets a chance—act quickly. 10 California State Board of Forettry. f: *:,.■ ■ MWpM| \^_ *£5*rz~^9JtiM V ^K, *N=^ ft: 1 1! •v-i d i ; ;||f Z c3j^\vi ,lj *-i .. . - s X* \ l« . flfe \A V! V -+ VV HPH1 »••■ .^r^%-. j&S9| &%j£ 31 . 19 ... fc^~-
. Fire prevention day. A lesson ... April 18, 1914. st valuable tools in the brush, but quite frequently axes, hoes andrakes can also be used to advantage. Always call a firewarden or some grown men to help you when a firegets away. Dont wait and wonder whether or not you can put the fireout alone unless you are sure that you can. Do as the fire will do if itgets a chance—act quickly. 10 California State Board of Forettry. f: *:,.■ ■ MWpM| \^_ *£5*rz~^9JtiM V ^K, *N=^ ft: 1 1! •v-i d i ; ;||f Z c3j^\vi ,lj *-i .. . - s X* \ l« . flfe \A V! V -+ VV HPH1 »••■ .^r^%-. j&S9| &%j£ 31 . 19 ... fc^~-%^v7 3|fpSf .•*fc A V ■■■;•%- ■■■■ There is a great deal of dead brush and many small dead trees in our forests. Suchmaterial burns readily and a fire once started in it is difficult to control; it kills orinjures many of the living trees and destroys most of the smaller ones. The pictureon the cover shows such material being piled in the open where it will be burned duringthe wet This picture was taken in a forest where the conditions were similar to those shownabove; but here the dead brush and trees have been burned and the live trees are nowcomparatively safe from fire. A Are lane has been built to keep out fires starting onareas that have not been cleared up. Fire Protection Day, April 18, 1914- 11 WHAT EVERY STUDENT SHOULD KNOW. 1. The total acreage of land surface in California is 99,898,880 is the only state larger than California. 2. There are approximately 20,604,000 acres of forest land inCalifornia. 3. There are nineteen national forests in the State representing atotal area of 12,104,000 acres. 4. There are approximately 12,786,306 acres of merchantable forestsin California. 5. There are 8,500,000 acres of these merchantable forests privatelyowned. 6. California has no state forests; several states have. 7. The forests outside the national reserves are very poorly protectedfrom fire because California has fai
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