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the feeding ground which the decaying brush tions of the United States Forest Service and 



forms for borers and other insects and fungi. 

 Piling and Burning. 



Piling and burning seems the only solution 

 of the problem. In cleaning up lands for 

 planting operations, this has been used for the 

 past four years, but the amount of debris both 

 hardwood and softwood is far larger than in 

 ordinary logging operations, and the cleaning 

 up much more thorough than in logging is 

 necessary. The usual method employed in 



has also been imposed by the State of New 

 York in a modified form on timber operators. 

 It is better to undertake this in advance of 

 pressure from public opinion, and hold our 

 position as leaders of thought and promoters 

 of the general pbulic welfare. 



The cost of slash burnmg m the St. Maurice 

 Valley runs sometimes as high as 20 to 25 

 complete clearing on private lands in prepara- 

 tion for planting. Naturally there is not much 



winter operations is to have a boy with every commercial timber on such lands and the situa- 



four choppers who takes the branches and tops tion is quite different from a timber limit where 



as they are cut and starting a fire throws them the hardwoods are not logged. 



on it. The brush both hard or softwood burns There is one situation that I think is improv- 



without any difficulty regardless of the amount ing, i.e., the closer cutting than we had in the 



of snow. In logging when there is no snow on past. We do not cut our timber any deeper 



the ground the helper piles the brush and these now than we did years ago. The quantity left 



piles are burnt on ramy days or after the first in the woods to-day is very small compared 



snow. A flamethrower burning kerosene has with that left a few years ago. Over fifty per 



been developed and will be used in this work. cent less. I agree with the idea that is a good 



It can be carried by one man and has two thing that a committee is appointed to look 



. hoses which allow two streams of fire to be into this matter of slash burning. If we could 



thrown at once. It may prove to be possible get a number of practical lumbermen that 



with this machine to burn brush just as it is would agree next year and who would set aside 



cut without throwing it into large piles, the one camp who will burn their slash and let 



result of this burning as far as the condition other operations go on in the same way. Then 



of the wood is concerned afterwards is emin- we would be able to get exact facts as to the 



ently satisfactory. The fire hazard is reduced destruction caused by the burning of slash. I 



by at least 75 per cent, the ground is clean will agree to do this with one of my camps 



and reproduction of young growth starts im- for one. 



mediately, and the young trees left by the Mr. McLean: Practical lumbermen are in- 



operation commence to make rapid growth 

 owing to letting in of more light. 

 The Question of Cost. 

 This is the most important step which we can 



terested in the disposal of slash. Lumbermen 

 have the greatest interest in protecting the for- 

 est. It is their livelihood. I have not yet had 

 any experiment made by my men as to the 



possibly take in forest protection, and it has best way to get rid of slash, so have no de- 

 been recognized as such in the cutting regula- finite plan. 





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