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This fund should be used in the protection, improvement, and ex- 

 tension of the State forests. In emergency cases the State Forester 

 should have the right to draw upon it for fighting fire in a county 

 which has exhausted its annual allowance for this purpose. 



The cost of the general fire protective system should be shared 

 equally between the State and the individual counties in which the 

 money is spent. This division prevents the placing of too great a 

 burden on more thinly populated counties, and is perfectly fair, 

 since the protection of the forests benefits indirectly the entire State 

 as well as the individual counties. To secure promptness in pay- 

 ment of fire fighters, the State should pay the accounts and collect 

 one-half from the county in which they were incurred. The rate 

 of compensation for fighting fire is fixed in the present law at $3 a 

 day. This is unnecessarily high, and might be an inducement to 

 set fires in order to get employment in putting them out. It is rec- 

 ommended that the rate be changed to 20 cents an hour, and that 

 the county and deputy wardens be paid at the rate of 25 cents an 

 hour for time actually employed in patroling, fighting fire, posting 

 notices, making reports, or doing other official work. They should 

 also be reimbursed for reasonable expenses for necessary equip- 

 ment and transportation. All accounts, including those for wages, 

 should be approved by the State Forester before payment. The 

 amount to be spent for fire protection in any county in any one year 

 might be limited to $200, and in the entire State to $10,000. On 

 this basis the total cost to the State of the forest policy recommended 

 would not exceed $15,000 per year, and the cost to any one county 

 would not exceed $100 per year, while the maximum total expense 

 per year would be $20,000. This expenditure is to be regarded as 

 an investment, the returns to come in the saving of loss through fire, 

 in the increased productivity of the woodlands, and in the main- 

 tenance of wood-using industries. 



APPENDIX I. 



LIST OF TREE SPECIES NATIVE TO TENNESSEE. 



The following list of tree species native to Tennessee is compiled 

 from Sudworth's Check List (Forest Service Bulletin 17), supple- 

 mented by the observations of the author and of W. W. Ashe, of the 

 Forest Service. After the scientific name, first the accepted com- 

 mon name according to the Check List, is given, and then any local 

 names that are commonly used within the State. In case the spe- 



