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forestry on the lands in their care located in Schuylkill and Centre 

 counties. 



There are some other examples of careful forest protection, in the 

 face of great danger, from forest fires. As a conspicuous instance we 

 may point to the land owned and managed by General Paul Oliver, 

 in Luzerne county. 



It is in vain to expect any extensive tree planting or true forestry 

 until the State will offer the owner some real protection against 

 forest fires, or, in other words, until it is made by law as heinous an 

 offense to fire a forest as it is to fire a barn. 



I am, sir, with great respect, 



J. T. ROTHROOK, 

 Commissioner of Forestry. 



