Spruce Roots Laid Bare by a Ground Fire Which Destroyed ihe Duff 



paid by the stare to any one town v. - 

 81.450. against a total cost for fight:- g 

 fire in the town of Si.OoS. While the 

 state paid about ninety per cent of the 

 -t to this mountain town, the total 

 paid to these twenty towns was sixty-six 

 per cent of the whole - while, of 

 course, other towns which had but 

 slight expense received no aid. 



The main thing necessary in regard 

 :he fire problem is. therefore, to en- 

 -ce the law which we already have. 

 On entering office I wrote to all of the 

 state attor- - there is one for each 

 count}- . ".ing their attention to the 

 necessity of prosecuting offenders un- 

 der the fire laws. Only one serious fire 

 has been cal my attention this 



year. Evidence was at once secured by 

 this office and within three weeks the 

 state's attorney for the county had se- 

 cured a hich resulted in 

 ^e -TT a fine of Sio 

 and costs, amounting to $25 in all. 



Tha' -' re-try wrk must for 



e time be largely educational is un- 

 itedly the reason that it appeals to 

 such a limited group of foresters. In- 

 terest in the subject in Vermont had 

 been so thoroughly aroused under the 

 leadership of Professor Jones and the 

 State Fore-try Assrciation that the field 

 is much more encouraging than in a 

 state like Connecticut, where interest is 

 primarily in city affairs. As evidence 

 of this greater interest, which is un- 

 doubtedly due partially to the general 

 progress which forestry has made dur- 

 ing five years, may be mentioned the 

 fact that during my first six months in 

 Connecticut not a single invitation for 

 an address on forestry was received : 

 while during a similar period in Ver- 

 mont I have given eighteen addresses 

 before farmers' granges, women's clubs, 

 teachers' associations, librarians' con- 

 ventions, church societies, etc. 



