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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



October 



reserve, the first aim should be to pro- region. The chief cause lies not in 



tect them from fire. The safety of malice or in carelessness of campers 



the forest from fire must form the or of lumbermen, but in the ancient 



foundation of any system of practical local practice of burning over the for- 



Unnecessary Forest Destruction Along the Snaking Trail. 



forestry which is to be permanently est in the autumn, under the belief 

 Fire has done, and con- that better pasturage is thus obtained 

 tinues to do, enormous damage in this the following year. 



