Pulp and paper magazine of Canada . ever, empower the Minister of Lands or the ForestBoard to require owners to construct a safe fire-breakal»>nt any area nt slash, and where necessary to protectvaluable timber this provision of the Acl will be en-forced. To be ai all safe or effective against July or Augustfires, fire-breaks must consisl of a strip 5 to I*1 feelwide cleared to mineral earth and a strip 10 to 30 feel. ash has been burnedNo danger of fire no Slash on logged er area piled so as to reduce fire danger. All the contractor,the 2000 miles of railroad being constructed in n
Pulp and paper magazine of Canada . ever, empower the Minister of Lands or the ForestBoard to require owners to construct a safe fire-breakal»>nt any area nt slash, and where necessary to protectvaluable timber this provision of the Acl will be en-forced. To be ai all safe or effective against July or Augustfires, fire-breaks must consisl of a strip 5 to I*1 feelwide cleared to mineral earth and a strip 10 to 30 feel. ash has been burnedNo danger of fire no Slash on logged er area piled so as to reduce fire danger. All the contractor,the 2000 miles of railroad being constructed in now required to pile slash. crop, slash must be removed first if the land is to beutilized in producing another crop of timber. It need mil be pointed out that l>.\ far the greater por-tion uf the land in British Columbia is. owing to itsroughness and lack of soil, unsuited for agriculture,ami the onlj possible way in which it can be made asteady source of wealth is by the growing of its effect in preventing the production of asecond crop of timber, slash is universally recognized asthe most serious of all fire hazards, and that it is only n ide cleared of In ush. inside w hich all dead snags stand-ing within a distance of 10(1 feet must he felled. As lone; as the slash remains, however, the dangerfrom fire is still serious, and il is felt that it would befar better to burn the slash itself than
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