cently burned to over areas, bodies of water, ice, and 

 snow, and barriers scraped for the purpose. 



8. Burn over the south slopes while the snow is on 

 the north. 



9. Burn downward from the tops of the slopes. 



10. Fire the ridges before the slopes and the slopes 

 before the ravines. 



11. In initiating fir'e control, the order of burning 

 should be as follows for a five year rotation : 1st year 

 Snags; 2nd year Ridges; 3rd South Slopes; 4th 

 North Slopes ; 5th Ravines. 



These rules will often conflict and require a logical 

 interpretation to fit the local conditions. No firing 

 should be done without a thorough investigation of the 

 litter conditions, topography, barriers, species or trees, 

 their age and density of stand, and a study of the fire 

 resistance of the various species of trees. Standing 

 dead snags, fallen trees, underbrush, limbs, cones, 

 leaves, needles, weeds and any dead and inflammable 

 material should be included as litter. 



In trying out this method, I would recommend the 

 burning of fire lanes along the ridges of the timber 

 lands. The most important rule to be observed is not 

 to burn after the humus becomes dry. 



I have written a paper, on this subject, which will 

 not be published in time to be available for use this 

 Spring and, as " minutes count", I am taking this 

 method of bringing the matter before those interested. 

 I have known and practiced this method for twenty- 

 eight years without a destructive fire and, while in 

 France, my doubts as to whether my family had per- 



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