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CONCLUSION 



In viewing the result e obtained from the practice 

 of Light Burning, and by maicing a comparison with the 

 costs entailed in protection through prevention and 

 suppression, it is obvious that Light Burning in Cal- 

 ifornia is not a practicable method of forest protect- 

 ion. The impracticability of Light Burning is based 

 upon the following points :- 



1. Damage l*esulting to the mature stand, repro- 

 duction and soil. 



2. Excessive cost. 



3. Conditions governing 



a. Uncertainty of atmospheric conditions 



b. Impossibility of securing uniform moisture 

 content of the forest floow. 



4. Danger 



The damage reelilting from the practice of Light 

 Burning and the excessive costs which it necetssitatee, 

 are the two main reasons for its impracticability. 



Damage to Mature Crop and to Reproduction 



First, of all, Light Burning eventually does the 

 very thing which the method desires to prevent - that 

 is, it surely destroys the forests of California, by 

 destroying the mature stand and the potential forest. 



