Big Game 



Forest Fire Figures for the United States for One Year. 



A close estimate for 1914. 



Total area burned 7,000,000 acres 



Total property loss $20,000,000 



Total number of fires reported. . . . 14,000 



Of these 4 per cent, were caused by lightning, 30 per cent, from 

 causes unknown, and 66 per cent., or considerable more than half, 

 from all other causes including campers, railroads, brush burning, in- 

 cendiaries, sawmills and the like, all of which are preventable. 



To Measure Heights of Standing Trees by the "Shadow Method." 



Set a straight pole in the ground in the vicinity of the tree you wish 

 to measure. Multiply the length of the shadow of the tree by the 

 length of the pole, and divide the product by the length of the shadow 

 of the pole. The result will be the height of the tree. 



The old idea was that a gun was effective as long as it would hold 

 together ; but that was before the day of smokeless powder. After ex- 

 periments by army officers it has been established that with perfect care 

 a rifle will stand about 8,000 rounds before it begins to show defects 

 in the barrel. 



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