ANNUAL REPORT STATE FORESTER OF MINNESOTA 787 



SLASHINGS PROPERLY PILED FOR BURNING. 



cause it is a new idea, is the protection 

 of the towns in the forest areas by the 

 construction of firebreaks around them. 

 Such breaks were built only at the in- 

 stigation and with the co-operation of 

 the State Forest Service. Such a break 

 would have saved any one of the 

 numerous towns which have been 

 wiped out by forest fires in the past 



years. The method and cost of con- 

 struction makes interesting reading. 



But even more interesting is the de- 

 scription of the great firebreak in the 

 great burnt-over district devastated by 

 the tremendous fires which destroyed 

 the towns of Baudette and Sp<>< .IKT i\vo 

 years ago. This work, made possible 

 by a contribution from the Red Cross 





PEAT BOG FIRES BURN WINTER AS WF.LL AS 



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