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crew in charge of the camp foreman, were detailed to the work. Each 

 crew burned the slash on the land logged from its camp during the 

 season. The brush was fired toward the wind and just as it w T as 

 found, unless lodged against standing trees, in which case it was first 

 thrown back. Very little piling of this sort, however, was necessary. 

 The cost of the slash burning was 1 cents per thousand feet of timber 

 cut on the area, or about 23 cents per acre. 



To further assist in the removal of the debris left after logging, the 

 wood choppers cutting wood for camps, town, or railroad, were put 

 to cutting the larger tops and limbs into firewood. 



These experiments in disposing of the slash proved very effective 

 in thoroughly clearing up the land, and the low cost of 1J cents per 

 thousand feet logged proved the measures entirely practicable. 

 Slash was burned on 5,804 acres of cut-over pine land. 



FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS. 



The probable gross receipts at the end of forty years have been 

 discussed and it remains only to show the probable net returns. 



COST OF PROTECTION. 



Table 3 shows the amount invested in protection at the end of the 

 forty years, compounding the items of expense at 3, 4, and 5 per cent 

 interest. The cost of protection is divided into annual and initial 

 expenses. The cost of the patrol and telephone and tool stations is 

 charged entirely to the experimental area, although in reality it cov- 

 ered a much greater territory. 



TABLE 3. Estimated total cost of protection. 



NET RETURNS. 



Table 4 shows the net returns from the experimental area. In 

 the total value of the yield only the yield on the 5,804 acres of pine 

 land is considered. The large yield from the fir type and the thicket 

 is consequently ignored, and the estimate is thus made doubly con- 

 servative. It will be seen that, even at the interest rate of 5 per 

 cent and at a valuation of only $3 per acre for stumpage, the net 

 receipts from the experimental area will be over $45,000. 



