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River Lumber fcJompany not only permits fires to run 

 through the timber bjitactually sets them at f avorable 1 

 times throughout the season, and allows them to run 

 without going to the trouble of patrolling thera* Very 

 little damage is done to the timber, is the report, as 

 the land is level and extremely op*n. To illustrate 

 the Light Burning methods, howeTer, where Light Burn- 

 ing is actually carried out - that is, where fires are 

 set, patrolled and controlled by a crew of men - the 

 following practices are noted. 



The method commonly prusued is to set fire to the 

 litter within the forest, either in the spring before 

 the ground becomes so dry as to cause an intense fire, 

 or in the fall alter the fall rains have started. If 

 on a level area, fires are started in various parts of 

 the forest and are watehlsd from the boundary of the area 

 which is to be burned. In most cases, a fire line is 

 constructed about the portion of timberland included 

 within the burning project and fires are started from 

 this line, A crew of men remains on guard, their duty 

 being to patrol the fire line to prevent the chance es- 

 cape of the fire outside the inclosed area, and to aee 

 that, as far as possible, the ground is burned over 

 unifom^y. A nvunber of fire lines may be constructed 

 thru the area, thus dividing the original area into 

 sma.ller sections, which are burned successively from 

 the lines so constructed. 



In some cases where Light Burning has been done, 



