Thie burn came to my attention as I was passing 

 the road on account of tho number of burned young 

 trooa. The condition of tho stand seemed to denoto that 

 tho firo \TT.S accidental rathor than by desi<5n since it 



;* aoeacc possible that tho ormor would deliberately 

 lot f Ji-o burn up &: muoh youn^j growth. Upon bo ing 



however, thio <;entloneii stated that ho oonsidor- 

 od conditions eftor tho fire very satisfactory and that tho 

 youn^ tirabor killed did net amount to much as it TOG too 

 thie'.: enyvray. His contention was that -i;he timber left 

 will now <*rcw bettor and that he Yrtll have more la tho long 

 run than before tho firo. He etated that the area had not 

 been bnrnod over fov trc?nty years at least. 



To ehov/ tha results cf this oo-ccllod benoficiont 

 li^rht-burnin^, a ecn-plc 1/4 acre plot ra.? talren In a olurap 

 of 7oun,<5 troeo avorc^in; >0 foot in height and forty yoars 

 of c>o which fairly reprosents conditior.3 on the 15 acres 

 burned over. 



Results of burning on 1/4 acre of ?/ollox7 pine: 



v'a) The ground litter cf pine needles was p&rtially 

 oonoune-f.. 



There was nc chaparral on tho ground. 

 "7eot on tree reproduction by a$e clascoc: 



U 1C>'.. . 



(b) The: 



to) if-r. 



Alive Dead 



Clase I 1-5 years - --- 



IX 5 --10 " 1 H3 



" III 10- K- " 28 46 



IV 2'- 47- 59 24 



V over 40 " --- ----- 



i:; count on thie plot shcwc that all of the 

 growth up to 10 -rz. of f.-jo, three-fifthr. cf the growth 

 10 - 20 yrs. c tro-eevonOhs of the growth fr 



- 40 --rs. of a.e was killed. Seedlings you .rji 

 five years oT age ncro absent on this plot ie 

 density of tho stai Observations on other parts of tho 

 burr.ed croa, however, showed that all of this age olase /. 

 beon 'rllloC. 



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