530 Yearbook^ of Agriculture 1949 



COST OF EQUIPMENT PURCHASES MADE AT DIFFERENT TIMES UNDER CHANGING MARKET 



CONDITIONS (ROUNDED AVERAGES) 



Mediumweight Featherweight 



Item Heavy plow unit unit Light plow unit plow Tanker 



CHARACTER OF FIRE PROTECTION ON COMMERCIAL FOREST LANDS, UNITED STATES, 1945 



Percentage of acreage rated 



NUMBER OF FIRES, BY CAUSES, 1947 



[Protected lands only] 



Light- Rail- Camp- Smok- Debris Incen- Lum- Mis eel- 

 Land ownership ning roads ers ers burning diary bering laneous Total 



Federal 4, 502 117 481 1,377 256 1,521 86 588 8,928 



State and private 1, 919 4,701 2, 860 16,430 12,043 22,172 1,476 9,841 71,442 



Total 6, 421 4, 818 3, 341 17, 807 12, 299 23, 693 I, 562 10, 429 80, 370 



