90 Forestry Quarterly. 



Protection of Forests from Fire. By Henry S. Graves. Bulle- 

 tin 82, U. S. Forest Service. Washington, D. C. 1910. Pp. 48. 



In view of the extensive damage from fires during the past 

 summer, the appearance of this bulletin is most timely. The 

 entire subject of forest fires and fire fighting is briefly reviewed 

 and summarized. A discussion of the character of forest fires, 

 as surface fires, crown fires, and ground fires and the influence of 

 topography, soil, and vegetation on their behavior is followed by 

 an exposition of the damages caused by fire. Emphasis is here 

 placed on the injurious effects of repeated burning upon the repro- 

 duction and future condition of the forest, which is important in 

 view of the recent popular advocacy in some quarters of the 

 fallacious doctrine that the way to prevent fires is to burn 

 annually. Under prevention of fires such measures as disposal of 

 slash, lopping tops, and prevention of setting of accidental fires, 

 receive attention, as well as the important subject of construction 

 and use of fire lines, and the organization of a patrol, lookout 

 stations, and telephone lines. The bulletin closes with a discus- 

 sion of methods of fighting fire, laying stress on the importance 

 of organization and equipment. No attempt has been made to 

 exhaustively discuss the question of efficient fire protection for 

 any one locality, but a complete survey of the general problem is 

 given which cannot fail to be of great value educationally. 



H. H. C. 



Report of the Forester for ipio. By Henry S. Graves. (From 

 Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture.) Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 1910. Pp. 67. 



The report shows a total area in the National Forests on July 

 I, 1910, of 192,931,197 acres, including Alaska and Porto Rico. 

 The changes in area made during 1909 and 1910 consisted of ad- 

 ditions of 453,517 acres and eliminations of 2,037,645 acres due to 

 field investigations which had been in progress during the pre- 

 ceding year. 



No new forests were created. 



The cost of administration and protection was $0.01894 per acre 

 and for permanent improvements $0.0031 per acre, a slight in- 

 crease over the previous fiscal year. The total receipts were 



