CONTENTS 



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Introduction 9 



The Weather in 1910 10 



Tabular Statement 10 



Summary of Reports from Correspondents by Regions for 1910 and 1909. 



(Table 1.) 11 



Coastal Plain Region (Table 2) 12 



Pie.lmont Region ( Table 3 ) 14 



Mountain Region ( Table 4 ) 16 



Analysis of Tables. 



Comparative Statement of Averages by Regions for 1910 and 1909. 



(Table 5.) 17 



Number of Fires 17 



Area Burnt Over 17 



Merchantable Timber Destroyed 18 



Forest Prodijcts Destroyed 18 



Improvements Destroyed 18 



Number of Lives Lost 18 



Cost to Fight Fires 19 



Loss FROM Fires Not Included in Tables 19 



Causes of Forest Fires 20 



Tabular Statement of Causes in Percentages (Table 6) 21 



Preventive and Protective Measures 22 



Private Measures 22 



Co-operative Associations 2.3 



Associations Chiefly Educational 24 



Associations Chiefly Protective 24 



State Measures 25 



Present Laws 2.5 



Proposed Laws 25 



To Control Fires Set by Private Individuals 28 



To Control Railroad Fires 29 



To Organize a Fire Warden System 31 



National Measures 33 



Co-operation L'nder the W^eks Bill 33 



Educational Measures 34 



Arbor Day 35 



Teaching Forestry in the Public Schools 37 



Teaching Forestry in the Colleges 39 



Lectures at Farmer's Institutes, etc 39 



Forestrj- Associations 40 



Demonstration Forests 42 



Conclusion 42 



