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placed by metal or other substances, and in general the rate of forest 

 cutting has been somewhat reduced by these and other means. Rail- 

 roads are planting areas for the production of ties and each year sees 

 more emphasis placed on the care and protection of forested areas. 

 Recent figures indicate that over a five-year period, although the num- 

 ber of forest fires in national forests increased from 7601 for a previous 

 five-year period to 9512, yet the number of acres burned over was less 

 than half that burned in the previous period. Forest Service officials 

 give credit to the members of the C.C.C. for this saving. Not only 



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Flood control work 1)> the Civilian Conservation Corps. Ry means of 

 wire mesh and small stones this mountain torrent is kept within bounds at 

 a time of flood . 



' U. S. Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, Wis. 



