. Fire prevention day. A lesson ... April 18, 1914. of lumber andlogs, neglect and several other agencies are enemies of the forests. Fireis the most dangerous. We can learn to be frugal in our use of theforests, but a forest fire has no conscience. HOW FOREST FIRES START. Forest and brush fires may start from a hundred different main causes are: Railroads. Lightning.—This is one cause which we can not prevent, but wecan prevent the fires from becoming large ones. Incendiary.—These fires are set on purpose and the penalty forlighting such fires is very severe. Brush Burning. Camper
. Fire prevention day. A lesson ... April 18, 1914. of lumber andlogs, neglect and several other agencies are enemies of the forests. Fireis the most dangerous. We can learn to be frugal in our use of theforests, but a forest fire has no conscience. HOW FOREST FIRES START. Forest and brush fires may start from a hundred different main causes are: Railroads. Lightning.—This is one cause which we can not prevent, but wecan prevent the fires from becoming large ones. Incendiary.—These fires are set on purpose and the penalty forlighting such fires is very severe. Brush Burning. Campers and Hunters.—This is a very important class; picnickersare also included. Sawmills.—Sparks from sawmill stacks start fires at times. Unknown.—Many fires can not be traced to their start and no oneknows how they begin. Miscellaneous.—All sorts of causes not placed under the otherheadings are included in this class. Fires starting from elec-tric wires, for example, would be classed as miscellaneous. Fire Protection Day, April 18, 1914-. S fe J i-3 .2 .e r1 <u California State Board of Forestry. HOW FIRES DO DAMAGE. When a fire gets away and burns through a forest, even if the bigtrees are not killed, the little ones are, and often the big ones areinjured so that they will always be scarred. A grass fire frequentlykills little trees that are in its path by scorching the limbs and stemsor by heating the roots to such a point that they fail to take in nourish-ment any longer. The tender bark at the base of the trees also may bebaked—this will result almost always in killing the trees. Large forest trees are killed by fire when there is sufficient under-firepreventionda00cali
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