. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. FOREST FIRES. 77 kept better pace with eaeli other. (See figs. 71, 72, and PI. XL.) In many regions snow is so useful in protect- ing the soil and the young trees that the harm it does is quite overbalanced by its benefits. FOREST FIRES. Of all the foes wliicli attack the woodlands of Xorth America no other is so terrible as lire. Forest fires spring from many differ- ent causes. They arc often kindled along railroads by sparks from tlie locomo- tives. Carelessness is re- sponsible for many lires. Settlers and farmers clear- ing land or burnin
. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. FOREST FIRES. 77 kept better pace with eaeli other. (See figs. 71, 72, and PI. XL.) In many regions snow is so useful in protect- ing the soil and the young trees that the harm it does is quite overbalanced by its benefits. FOREST FIRES. Of all the foes wliicli attack the woodlands of Xorth America no other is so terrible as lire. Forest fires spring from many differ- ent causes. They arc often kindled along railroads by sparks from tlie locomo- tives. Carelessness is re- sponsible for many lires. Settlers and farmers clear- ing land or burning grass and brush often allow the fire to escape into the woods. (See fig. 73.) Some one may drop a half- burned match or the glow- ing tobacco of a pipe or cigar, or a hunter or prospector may neglect to extinguish his camp fire, or mav build it Avhere it I. will burrow into the thick duff far beyond his reach, to smolder for days, or weeks, and perhaps to break out as a destructive fire long after he is gone. Many fires are set for malice or revenge, and the forest is often burned over by huckleberry pickers to increase the next season's growth of berries, or by the owners of cattle or sheep to make better pasture for their Fig. 72.—a young Ked Fir bent down by- snow in early youth. It is scarred by lire on the underside. Washington Forest Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division of Forestry. Washington : G. P. O.
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