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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Comparative Damages by Forest Fires for the Past Five Years. 



Forest Fires of 1912. 



Acres. 



Damage. 



Cost to 

 extinguish. 



Number. 



1311. 

 December, . 



1912. 

 January, 

 February, . 

 March, 

 April, . 

 May, . 

 June, . 

 July, . 

 August, 

 September, 

 October, 

 November, 



Totals, . 



20 



5 



428 



4,756 



3,556 



1,797 



2,748 



123 



85 



7,835 



622 



22,072 



$42 



435 



777 



8,884 



16,800 



12,108 



10,772 



444 



150 



28,387 



2,035 



$80,834 



$134 



476 

 7 



360 

 2,223 

 2,636 

 2,167 

 4,616 



174 



6,8 



$20,212 



33 



20 



117 



408 



318 



181 



258 



28 



15 



358 



60 



1,851 



Comparative Causes of Forest Fires for the Past Three Years. 



Causes. 



Unknown, ..... 

 Railroad, ..... 

 Burning brush, . . . 

 Smokers, hunters, berry pickers. 

 Steam sawmills, .... 

 Children, ..... 

 Miscellaneous, . . . . 

 Too late for tabulation, 



Totals 



1910. 



Num- 

 ber. 



413 



362 



203 



124 



1 



75 



78 



129 



Per 



Cent. 



32 9 

 28.8 

 16 2 

 9.9 

 .1 

 5.9 

 6.2 



100.0 



1911. 



Num- 

 ber. 



1,128 

 6S5 

 135 

 158 

 3 

 118 

 309 



2,536 



Per 

 Cent. 



44.5 



27.0 



5.3 



6 2 



.1 



4.7 



12.2 



100.0 



1912. 



Num- 

 ber. 



649 

 640 



93 



223 



8 



79 

 159 



1,851 



Per 

 Cent. 



35.1 

 34.6 

 5.0 

 12.0 

 .4 

 4 3 

 8.6 



