great measure to check the spread of the infection as well as 

 serve as a fire protection to the Sale area and those snags 

 and trees oould be burned, if bucked up and properly piled -Tith 

 the brush. 



I am not in favor of building fire lines in this for- 

 est. '.Ye do not om enough land to enable us to piece then in 

 proper stragetlcal positions, and a line aroxind c. cutting aroa 

 is in nost cases impractical, these tracts being usuclly 

 bouncod by legal subdivisions instead of natural boundaries. In 

 ray opinion, with the sna~a and dangerous litter properly buraod 

 v:e have ell of the protection that is practical or necoooc.ry. 

 I nr.y have ^ivon the impression by the foregoing that v?e have 

 not accomplished a groat deal in sale mana.gersent and I rant to 

 correct this. I rish that I could show you the low s turns and 

 the utilization of tops and butts on private lands after a 

 lesson in logging and milling government timber, as an evidence 

 of rhat can be accomplished by our methods. I count these 

 loseono in utilization a groat forward stride for the conserva- 

 tion of our timber. If they rill slaughter the trees, they 

 nay ae "'oil rcp.".:e lumber of them, as every foot utilised savos 

 that amount of living timber for generations to come, vrhich 

 v:o trust will hr.ve passed from barbarism into suoh a state of 

 civilisation thct the t;ord conservation vrill have some real 

 nec;:in-: to them. 





GALLAHZ?.: They have tried to contract piling a 

 number of times, but contract piling vras not a success. It is 

 Just as much trouble when the lumberman has it done by con- 

 tract as by day labor. 'He v?ould havo the same trouble. 



3ISIILOW: It has been successfully done by contract 

 on Ploriston Pulp and Paper Company sale. 



3AILAHES: Yes, but at a cost of 25 cents per cord. 

 There has never been a sale on this forest that piling has 

 cost lees than 25 cents per thousand. 



PRATT: It should not cost more than 15 cents if 

 handled properly. 



3IyIILOY/: I vroulcl like to hear some one discuss the 

 idee of chtr-^ing 25 cents por thousand more and having the 

 brush disposal put into the hands of the Forest Service. 



OALLA" . Vould you oet an arbitrary price of 25 centc 

 or ma'.ie an estimate of the cost of cleaning up and cet the 

 price according!. 



3IGEL017: I believe it rrould be better to make an 

 estimate of the cost and set price accordingly. 



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