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filled with water on the right of way upon a bad uji-grade which 

 runs through woodland in his town. This same road has also 

 supplied the section men on this section with two three-gallon 

 hand extinguishers. Forest wardens little realize what they can 

 accomplish until they try. 



PowEK Sprayers as Forest-fire Equipment. 

 Attention was called in last year's report to the use of power 

 sprayers in putting out forest fires. From our experience with 

 the modern sprayers, which can be turned around in a small 

 space, and hence may be readily handled, even in wood roads, 

 they should be used more often. These machines can be ad- 

 justed to spray directly from the brook, pond or tank, so that 

 they are adaptable for service when other equipment would be 

 useless. If for no other purpose than to carry water, they can 

 be made very serviceable, as they can be filled by their own 

 power in about five minutes. The capacity of the tank is usually 

 400 gallons. As these sprayers are capable of throwing a stream 

 to the top of the tallest trees, it is readily seen what a radius of 

 fire could be reached and deadened by them. They have suffi- 

 cient power to maintain a 300-pound pressure at the end of a 

 1,500-foot length of 1-inch hose. These same machines could 

 also be used to great advantage for house fires in the country. 

 As our towns need such a device for the protection of their trees, 

 why not get all the good possible out of them ? 



Forest Fires in Germany. 

 A recent letter from Mr. F. B. Knapp, a Massachusetts man 

 who is spending the year abroad with the Biltmore Forestry 

 Schools, says : — 



They have praclieally no forest-fire problem here, and I should say 

 that it is chiefly due to respect for law and order. 



The State Forester appreciates the above statement, for it 

 comes from a man who has shown much interest at home in 

 these matters ; in fact, he is the forest warden of Duxbury, 

 where good work has been done. 



