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Tho average dionoter of tho olaoe from CO - 40 

 year o of 650 was about 10 inches. Many of the poles 

 killed in Class 111 were over-topped end rould eventually 

 havo dlod out. 



Tho firo turned tho hardest where there was 

 mencanita brueh. In ono place a, yollo',7 pi\o tree 40 inches 

 in diameter <*nd 115 feet hi:;*! which was surrounded "by this 

 brush TUB killed. The flamee had run up the barl: which ras 

 pitchy to the very top of tho tree. 



The atand of polos end old trees before tho 

 burning averaged ajout 0,000 bd. feet per acre. Practicall;: 

 one -third of this anouiit was Icilltd as well es the majority 

 of tho youn?r growth up to 20 yrc. of age,. A few cugcr :;inoa 



40 fcof in height v/cro killed, the treoa "burning Ilba 

 torches. 



tho youn-; gro?;th had not bson hilled, it would 

 havo developed into a merchantable polo on<? cordwood stand 

 in about 20 yrs. Cordwood is being cut fron: timber 10 - 

 12 inches in diameter on or adjoining tract. AiTor the 

 second crop had been removed it would have Ui!cen fifty 

 years for tho third crop to develop 8j:ioe the nucleus for 

 for that crop vvas Vcdly lacking. Tho second crop vrould yiold 

 cbout 10 cds. cr 5,000 bd. ft. to the aoro in yeerc, r 

 the third crop that amount after fifty yoars. 



Thin burn has affected tho socond croo of timber 

 y trees that rould hf.ve boon roaCy ^cr tho axe 



in &. few yccre after the largest trees hrd been cut out- 

 Tho third crop je about totally rui^od and it will tr.ke at 

 least five yocrs to get any IrincL of r. oc^inning of tho fourth 

 crop. 



The burning has not furfcishecl tho oldor troon a 

 protection egainet firo since the ornph will tcon cprout 

 a.^ain at:d cono in denser then ovor as a reoult of the firo-. 

 The deed noecleo rosu\ fro.i thic fire -Till fall cr.''. tho 

 foundation laid for u hotter fire than ever. 



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