A great deal has been accomplished in slash dis- 

 posal. As a whole the logging companies and the 

 settlers are becoming more willing to assist and are 

 giving more co-operation than in the past. The 

 magnitude of the task is little understood. There 

 are over two thousand logging camps and many 

 settlers and road crews who make slash and require 

 supervision. With the limited force that has been 

 available it is impossible to get one hundred per cent 

 results. However a great percentage of the slash has 

 been destroyed. 



Different types of slash must be handled in differ- 

 ent ways. Pine slash can, it has been /demonstrated, 

 be burned at the time of cutting, while cedar and 

 to a lesser degree spruce, balsam and hard wood 

 slash must be given a period in which to dry before 

 it can be destroyed. In some areas 'largely composed 

 of swamps it has been found best to lop the tops 

 so that they will lie flat on the ground where they 

 soon rot. Where lands are to be immediately open- 

 ed for cultivation it is desirable to get as complete 

 a burn as possible, while on lands where there is a 

 considerable growth of young timber the slash must 

 be piled and a sufficient firebreak made around it. 



In some instances where the growth of timber 

 still standing is particularly valuable arrangements 

 have been made with the owners of the land where- 

 by they employ a suitable number of patrolmen to 

 work under the direction of the regular forest offi- 

 cer for a period of from one to three years follow- 

 ing the cutting. Within this period it has been 

 proved the slash will have rotted to the extent of 

 removing the fir^ danger. 



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