. Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York . damage. Mr. Henry Morgan, firewarden for thetown of Wilmington, Essex county, N. Y.,reports: May 2d, 1900. Number of acres burnedover, twenty ; Lot 82, Jay Tract. The fire wasstarted by a careless man, who lighted his pipeand threw a burning match onto the by ploughing a trench and throw-ing damp earth on the fire. We have beenvery fortunate in stopping fires this year. Theground was not so dry as it gets year the ground was so dry that wecould not put the fire out with dirt ;
. Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York . damage. Mr. Henry Morgan, firewarden for thetown of Wilmington, Essex county, N. Y.,reports: May 2d, 1900. Number of acres burnedover, twenty ; Lot 82, Jay Tract. The fire wasstarted by a careless man, who lighted his pipeand threw a burning match onto the by ploughing a trench and throw-ing damp earth on the fire. We have beenvery fortunate in stopping fires this year. Theground was not so dry as it gets year the ground was so dry that wecould not put the fire out with dirt ; but thisyear the ground has been so moist that wecould shovel the dirt with good effect. The great danger in this town comes fromthe pulpwood jobs. It is hard to stop a firein one of these jobs because the ground ispiled full of dry brush and dead tree we can do is to back-fire and keep it outof the live timber. There are a great manymen in these camps and they all smoke anduse matches carelessly, which is a great sourceof danger; but I will watch and do the best 4T- BURNING LEAVES. FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 145 Mr. William T. Bellen, firewarden for the town of Mayfield, Fulton county, N. Y.,reports : April 27th, 1900. Number of acres burned, forty ; value of standing timber destroyed,$50. Fire started from a burning match thrown in the dry grass by the roadside, wherea man had lighted his pipe. Extinguished by clearing away the leaves, carrying water,digging a trench, whipping the flames with hemlock brush, and starting a back-fire onan old road. Number of men called out, eleven ; total number of days labor, fiveand one-half. If the wind had not been in the east it would have burned a thousandacres over. We stopped the fire on an old winter road, and then watched it all night. September 10th, 1900. This fire, which burned over about ten acres, was started by alocomotive on the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville railroad on August 10th. It wassupposed to
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