and keep our deeds fron passing into the oblivion of timo. 

 Let ua, therefore, join hands with a firm resolution to ^ 

 to the historian of the future a cause for grctitude tov/trds 

 the firct desciplos of CONSERVATION. 



Method of Getting Rid of Old Sna*s 



3y 

 T7. H. Babbitt 



There has been considerable discussion relotive 

 to falling old unags that constitute a fire menace on raeny 

 ef our sale aroos, as well as on the Forest at lar^e. Thet 

 it is most desirable to remove these snage is "beyond cuestion, 

 but the method rut the reletion of cost to the amount f 

 benefit <?erivod, seoms to bo the flebc table point. Powder 

 and dynamite as \vell as the axo and ia\i htve been tried, but 

 all leave much to bo deeired, especirlly in the older cncars, 

 whore lojse punkoy aholls are found on solid pitch hearts "or 

 vice versa, where it seeraa to require all of the above methods 

 at once an? still lacks something to brine snag falling into 

 the sane class financially, as the falling of cound timber. 



On a rocont trip through tho enow bolt, Charles 

 Bonta and I struck idoal conditions under which to remove many 

 of thoco bee. onags end stumps. The '.roather had boon very 

 cold and rrindy for sono weeks and v/e found tho snf.gs ruito dry 

 in spite of the enow. Wo gave considerable attention tw 

 burning dangerous snrgs nearest tho road and found that a' 

 scrap of oil soa'red rag, placed Tin a orovioe or doty epot, 

 would ignito thorn rnd we fired quite c. number, all f which 

 burned dovn and some ^ero entirely consumed. It Jocurrod 

 to us that ^ood rork could be dono alon:j this line, v:hen other 

 field work is not grossing and thrt largo results could be ob- 

 tained at a very lor; cost. 



On the H. -0. Nichols sale area all of tho snags 

 were burned dovm and largely consumed, shortly after tho Tirot 

 fall of snow, but only rith much bodily discomfort on account 

 tho wet snow and -nd drip from the trees. It was found 



the snags v?ere not very wot, v/hich was cons id err bio of a 

 surprise. Conditions are found much more favorable --hon the 

 snow has hardened in the e&rly Spring. Travel is then or.sy 



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